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Net cost: The median annual cost of all students that receive any aid. This does not refer to the “sticker price”, the price listed by the college.
Earnings: The median earnings of all bachelor-level students 10 years after enrollment. This includes both students that do and do not graduate, across all majors.
Payback: The amount of time in years it takes to pay off the median net cost by the median earnings. For this calculation, the median earning of high school graduates (in the school’s home state) are deducted from the median earnings.
Degree premium: The difference between the school’s median earnings and the median earnings for all schools in the same state. This is called “Vs. state average” in school profiles below.
Ranking: The payback rate is divided by the degree premium (set as a percentage), the lower the number the higher the rank. (i.e. payback=1, degree premium 20% higher than state school median: 1/120% = .883.
Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio
Admission rate: 66%
Grad rate: 73%
Net cost: $24,072
Payback: 2.1 Years
Earnings: $72,235
Vs. state average: + $23,836
Economic score: 1.40
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio
Admission rate: 31%
Grad rate: 85%
Net cost: $35,428
Payback: 2.7 Years
Earnings: $78,330
Vs. state average: + $29,931
Economic score: 1.68
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Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, Ohio
Admission rate: 81%
Grad rate: 82%
Net cost: $17,650
Payback: 2.4 Years
Earnings: $61,074
Vs. state average: + $12,675
Economic score: 1.87
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Kettering College
Kettering, Ohio
Admission rate: 22%
Grad rate: 51%
Net cost: $18,853
Payback: 2.3 Years
Earnings: $58,526
Vs. state average: + $10,127
Economic score: 1.93
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Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Admission rate: 81%
Grad rate: 62%
Net cost: $16,760
Payback: 2.3 Years
Earnings: $55,319
Vs. state average: + $6,920
Economic score: 2.05
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Union Institute & University
Cincinnati, Ohio
Admission rate: N/A
Grad rate: 72%
Net cost: $16,585
Payback: 2.4 Years
Earnings: $57,590
Vs. state average: + $9,191
Economic score: 2.06
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Ohio State University-Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio
Admission rate: 69%
Grad rate: 78%
Net cost: $17,616
Payback: 2.4 Years
Earnings: $55,332
Vs. state average: + $6,933
Economic score: 2.07
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University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Admission rate: 82%
Grad rate: 78%
Net cost: $31,003
Payback: 3.0 Years
Earnings: $66,384
Vs. state average: + $17,985
Economic score: 2.22
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John Carroll University
University Heights, Ohio
Admission rate: 88%
Grad rate: 75%
Net cost: $25,759
Payback: 2.9 Years
Earnings: $60,293
Vs. state average: + $11,894
Economic score: 2.30
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Walsh University
North Canton, Ohio
Admission rate: 77%
Grad rate: 58%
Net cost: $16,075
Payback: 2.8 Years
Earnings: $52,533
Vs. state average: + $4,134
Economic score: 2.56
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Xavier University
Cincinnati, Ohio
Admission rate: 82%
Grad rate: 70%
Net cost: $32,250
Payback: 3.5 Years
Earnings: $62,015
Vs. state average: + $13,616
Economic score: 2.70
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Wittenberg University
Springfield, Ohio
Admission rate: 98%
Grad rate: 63%
Net cost: $22,886
Payback: 3.1 Years
Earnings: $53,430
Vs. state average: + $5,031
Economic score: 2.80
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Miami University-Oxford
Oxford, Ohio
Admission rate: 92%
Grad rate: 79%
Net cost: $24,323
Payback: 3.2 Years
Earnings: $54,650
Vs. state average: + $6,251
Economic score: 2.84
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Denison University
Granville, Ohio
Admission rate: 29%
Grad rate: 85%
Net cost: $28,614
Payback: 3.4 Years
Earnings: $57,435
Vs. state average: + $9,036
Economic score: 2.85
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The College of Wooster
Wooster, Ohio
Admission rate: 66%
Grad rate: 75%
Net cost: $24,692
Payback: 3.5 Years
Earnings: $51,866
Vs. state average: + $3,467
Economic score: 3.25
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University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Admission rate: 95%
Grad rate: 48%
Net cost: $17,630
Payback: 3.2 Years
Earnings: $48,039
Vs. state average: - $360
Economic score: 3.27
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Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio
Admission rate: 37%
Grad rate: 89%
Net cost: $32,897
Payback: 4.3 Years
Earnings: $61,998
Vs. state average: + $13,599
Economic score: 3.36
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Ashland University
Ashland, Ohio
Admission rate: 75%
Grad rate: 65%
Net cost: $20,111
Payback: 3.4 Years
Earnings: $48,165
Vs. state average: - $234
Economic score: 3.37
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Cedarville University
Cedarville, Ohio
Admission rate: 60%
Grad rate: 72%
Net cost: $21,727
Payback: 3.5 Years
Earnings: $49,074
Vs. state average: + $675
Economic score: 3.42
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Capital University
Columbus, Ohio
Admission rate: 75%
Grad rate: 58%
Net cost: $22,642
Payback: 3.6 Years
Earnings: $49,133
Vs. state average: + $734
Economic score: 3.54
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