Public · Community college

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Cincinnati, Ohio · Large city

22%
Transfer rate
$4,968
Avg net price
16%
Grad / completion
$40,137
Median earnings

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 5,667 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 5,667 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers, including Scotch Irish, frontiersmen, and keelboaters. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
178 miles
Nearest airport
7 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Cincinnati State Technical and Community College compares

Graduation rate16%

Higher than 3% · #163 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,137

Higher than 69% · #62 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$4,968

Cheaper than 91% · #6 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$14,715

Lower than 15%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment5,667

Larger than 92%

Percentiles compare Cincinnati State Technical and Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

5,667undergrads
  • Women3,32159%
  • Men2,34641%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White47%
  • Black32%
  • Hispanic4.4%
  • Asian3.0%
  • Other or multiracial14%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
5,667
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
30%
First-generation students
46%
Students over 25
32%
Median family income
$23,172
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$89,730
Endowment
$17,484,127

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$5,517
Out-of-state tuition
$10,044
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,169
Total cost of attendance
$12,229
Average net price
$4,968

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
16%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
22%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,314
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$40,137
Median debt at graduation
$14,715
Students with federal loans
27%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
16%
Low-income (Pell)
13%
First-generation
14%

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
$15

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
2

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (9,683 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.3reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0.7 property a year

By offense type, per year

Murder
0.3
Fondling
0.3
Burglary
0.3
Motor vehicle theft
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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
$2,823
$30–48k
$3,377
$48–75k
$6,077
$75–110k
$10,062
$110k+
$11,878

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

30%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,652
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 30% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,652. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 463 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$40,137
Typical debt at graduation
$14,715
Debt vs. one year's pay
37%
Out-earn a HS grad
46%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$37,328
Men
$44,758

Men out-earn women by $7,430 (20%) 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
48.2″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cheviot, OH US station (4.6 mi from campus).

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.