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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $60,409 ten years after enrolling, more than at 69% of colleges; 82% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.0 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$60.4K
$60.4K
← $24.8Khigher than 69% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$51.4K
10 years after entry$60.4K

Staying and finishing

94%

Retention

come back for year two

82%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

83 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 11 more are enrolled at another college. (13,102 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients74%
Students without a Pell Grant85%
How long it takes

68 of 100 finish within 4 years, 82 within 6, and 83 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students68%82%83%
Started in college here68%88%89%
Transferred in67%73%74%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 80%, 10 points below students with no need-based federal aid (90%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients1,362 students

    80% · 10 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant1,272 students

    86% · 4 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan5,298 students

    90% · comparison group

All students in this class: 88%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White4,988 students

    89% · 1 point above all students

  • Asian630 students

    92% · 5 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino381 students

    82% · 5 points below all students

  • Black382 students

    82% · 6 points below all students

  • Two or more races284 students

    79% · 8 points below all students

  • International981 students

    85% · 3 points below all students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native4 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander5 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 88%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Ohio State University-Main Campus. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KOhio State University-Main Campus
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)