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Ohio University-Zanesville Campus

Zanesville, OH 560 Undergrads 40.0% Grad Rate
Share
Total Cost
$11,554
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$6,596
After Aid
Median Earnings
$72,483
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$6,596
Peer Midpoint: $9,956
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$72,483
Peer Midpoint: $51,775
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$61,938
Peer Midpoint: $45,130
Graduation Rate40.0%
Peer Midpoint: 35.7%
Warning: The majority of students at this institution do not graduate. Non-completers typically earn significantly less and face higher debt risks.
Average starting age (2015-17)23.7
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients46.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time81.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS77.1%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
100.0%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 2 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$735k
+$211k
+$248k
Median Cost$7k/yr
+$723k
+$199k
+$236k
Full Cost$12k/yr
+$714k
+$190k
+$227k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
23
∞
Median Cost$7k/yr
23
1950%
Full Cost$12k/yr
24
1071%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return2162%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return510%
Warning: Read this ROI with care. Most awards here are associate degrees, so the model prices a two-year program. The earnings figure covers every graduate, including those who finished longer bachelor's programs that pay more. That mix can make the NPV, Social ROI and Pell ROI look much higher than a typical associate student will see.

Program ROI Analysis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $34,692
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
AssocCIP: 1002

Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$33,312
Natl Median: $35,660
Lifetime Value Added
-$132k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
AssocCIP: 2401

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$45,999
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
-$4k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
AssocCIP: 5138

Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$12,375
Earnings (4yr)
$78,236
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
+$301k

Bachelor's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services
BachCIP: 5203

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$22,375
Earnings (4yr)
$84,002
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$99,701
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$335k
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
BachCIP: 5109

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,652
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$44,327
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$103k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$26,750
Earnings (4yr)
$58,647
Natl Median: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Applied Mathematics
BachCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $91,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Area Studies
BachCIP: 0501
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$16,169
Natl Median: $56,625
Lifetime Value Added
-$344k
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
BachCIP: 5010
Median Debt
$24,625
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,240
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $68,333
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$21,964
Natl Median: $49,245
Lifetime Value Added
-$290k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$16,025
Earnings (4yr)
$71,478
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$119k
Business/Managerial Economics
BachCIP: 5206

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$89,098
Natl Median: $77,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$240k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,697
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$85,990
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$230k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$22,511
Earnings (4yr)
$54,576
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
-$16k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$27,442
Earnings (4yr)
$81,019
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$192k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,429
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$19,458
Earnings (4yr)
$54,695
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$15k
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
BachCIP: 5102

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$22,125
Earnings (4yr)
$57,085
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$5k
Computer and Information Sciences, General
BachCIP: 1101

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$60,767
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$35k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,282
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$286k
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
BachCIP: 1109

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$77,401
Natl Median: $73,587
Lifetime Value Added
+$164k
Dance
BachCIP: 5003
Median Debt
$24,142
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,980
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,553
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$58k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$19,124
Earnings (4yr)
$42,796
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$116k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$35,060
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
-$171k
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
BachCIP: 1410

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$94,673
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$296k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$53,491
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
BachCIP: 2399

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$15,925
Earnings (4yr)
$37,785
Natl Median: $46,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$159k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Finance and Financial Management Services
BachCIP: 5208

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$22,608
Earnings (4yr)
$81,299
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
+$194k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$23,500
Earnings (4yr)
$39,055
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$148k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$56,381
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$1k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,922
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,459
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Health and Medical Administrative Services
BachCIP: 5107

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$22,775
Earnings (4yr)
$61,538
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
+$41k
History
BachCIP: 5401

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$19,375
Earnings (4yr)
$46,101
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$88k
Housing and Human Environments
BachCIP: 1906

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,861
Natl Median: $59,550
Lifetime Value Added
-$31k
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
BachCIP: 1907

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$45,346
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$94k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$99,364
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$332k
International Business
BachCIP: 5211

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,640
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
+$136k
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$20,598
Earnings (4yr)
$59,276
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
+$22k
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
BachCIP: 2401

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$53,206
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $49,984
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Management Information Systems and Services
BachCIP: 5212

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$93,774
Natl Median: $83,290
Lifetime Value Added
+$289k
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$23,085
Earnings (4yr)
$78,506
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
+$173k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$67,562
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$89k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$25,412
Earnings (4yr)
$91,285
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$270k
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
BachCIP: 5115

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$26,286
Earnings (4yr)
$57,998
Natl Median: $52,119
Lifetime Value Added
+$12k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,582
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$26,796
Earnings (4yr)
$44,593
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
BachCIP: 3101

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$49,369
Natl Median: $50,983
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences
BachCIP: 2609

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,479
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
+$8k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$19,937
Earnings (4yr)
$58,907
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$20,354
Earnings (4yr)
$49,399
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$62,153
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
BachCIP: 0907

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$48,390
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
BachCIP: 5138

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$15,475
Earnings (4yr)
$87,308
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$240k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
BachCIP: 2313

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$40,479
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
-$136k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$54,184
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
-$20k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,169
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Social Work
BachCIP: 4407

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$17,805
Earnings (4yr)
$49,690
Natl Median: $51,790
Lifetime Value Added
-$57k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$21,720
Earnings (4yr)
$51,312
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Special Education and Teaching
BachCIP: 1310

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,258
Natl Median: $50,499
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$24,272
Earnings (4yr)
$55,867
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$6k
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
BachCIP: 1312

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$20,612
Earnings (4yr)
$43,893
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$107k
Median Debt
$22,530
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,532
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Zoology/Animal Biology
BachCIP: 2607

Earnings shared by 6 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.

Median Debt
$23,096
Earnings (4yr)
$55,352
Natl Median: $44,055
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.