Private for-profit · University

Chamberlain University-Ohio

Columbus, Ohio · Large city

#1 for grad earnings in Ohio
87.5%
Admit rate
$31,544
Avg net price
29%
Graduation rate
$92,405
Median earnings

Chamberlain University-Ohio is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Columbus, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 257 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 257 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 88% admitCold winters

About Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Between 1000 B.C. and 1700 A.D., the Columbus metropolitan area was a center to indigenous cultures known as the Mound Builders, including the Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient peoples. Remaining physical evidence of the cultures are their burial mounds and what they contained. Columbus has over 170 notable buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it also maintains its own register, the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, with 82 entries. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
8 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore
95 miles
Nearest airport
4 miles to John Glenn Columbus (CMH) · major hub

How Chamberlain University-Ohio compares

Selectivity87.5%

More selective than 30% · #51 most selective of 65 in Ohio

Graduation rate29%

Higher than 11% · #64 of 73 in Ohio

First-year retention33%

Higher than 2%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$92,405

Higher than 96% · #1 of 74 in Ohio

Average net price$31,544

Cheaper than 13% · #65 cheapest of 73 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$20,919

Lower than 69%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment257

Larger than 15%

Percentiles compare Chamberlain University-Ohio with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

257undergrads
  • Women23190%
  • Men2610%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White41%
  • Black42%
  • Hispanic7.0%
  • Asian6.2%
  • Other or multiracial3.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
257
Student–faculty ratio
8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
50%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
57%
Median family income
$46,046
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$80,802

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate
87.5%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$19,975
Room & board
Books & supplies
$400
Total cost of attendance
$42,634
Average net price
$31,544

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
29%
Graduated on time (4 years)
29%
First-year retention
33%
Transferred to another college
29%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$84,533
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$92,405
Median debt at graduation
$20,919
Students with federal loans
69%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
54%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
29%
Low-income (Pell)
48%
First-generation
49%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$95

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$30,389
$30–48k
$48–75k
$32,700
$75–110k
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$130,800

$32,700/year × about 4.0 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$92,405
Typical debt at graduation
$20,919
Debt vs. one year's pay
23%
Out-earn a HS grad
90%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$91,622
Men
$104,160

Men out-earn women by $12,538 (14%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
85°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
41.6″
Annual snow
28.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.7JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Columbus Port Columbus Intl AP, OH US station (4.6 mi from campus).

What Chamberlain University-Ohio graduates study — and earn

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.