Public · Community college

Kent State University at East Liverpool

East Liverpool, Ohio · Fringe town

18%
Transfer rate
$13,392
Avg net price
26%
Grad / completion
$45,388
Median earnings

Kent State University at East Liverpool is a public associate-granting institution in East Liverpool, Ohio (fringe town setting), enrolling 797 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 797 undergradsFringe townCold winters

About East Liverpool, Ohio

East Liverpool is a city in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. Before the arrival of European Americans, Mingo, Lenape, and Wyandot peoples lived in the area until the Battle of Fallen Timbers led to the Ohio Country's colonization by European-Americans. Since 1970, the annual Tri-State Pottery Festival in June has celebrated the local ceramics industry with local pottery exhibits, games, amusement rides, food vendors, and live entertainment. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Fringe town
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
85 miles
Nearest airport
20 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Kent State University at East Liverpool compares

Graduation rate26%

Higher than 9% · #151 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention33%

Higher than 4%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$45,388

Higher than 84% · #34 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$13,392

Cheaper than 57% · #60 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$24,500

Lower than 2%

Student–faculty ratio37 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment797

Larger than 70%

Percentiles compare Kent State University at East Liverpool 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

797undergrads
  • Women50764%
  • Men29036%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White79%
  • Black8.9%
  • Hispanic5.0%
  • Asian0.8%
  • Other or multiracial6.5%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
797
Student–faculty ratio
37 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
22%
First-generation students
36%
Students over 25
22%
Median family income
$50,411
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$79,686

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 32 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Ohio87%
  • Other U.S. states13%

Most first-years stay in state — Kent State University at East Liverpool draws overwhelmingly from Ohio.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
$7,492
Out-of-state tuition
$17,342
Room & board
Books & supplies
$800
Total cost of attendance
$18,635
Average net price
$13,392

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)
26%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
33%
Transferred to another college
18%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$40,179
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$45,388
Median debt at graduation
$24,500
Students with federal loans
28%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
41%

About 26% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
39%
First-generation
42%

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
$50

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
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,196 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.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
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
$11,004
$30–48k
$13,928
$48–75k
$12,226
$75–110k
$17,968
$110k+
$17,635

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
$67,243

$12,226/year × about 5.5 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)
$45,388
Typical debt at graduation
$24,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
54%
Out-earn a HS grad
57%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.4 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
$41,877
Men
$50,893

Men out-earn women by $9,016 (22%) 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
84°F
Winter low
21°F
Annual rain
41.7″
Annual snow
19.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.24.4JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Cumberland L/D, WV US station (6.8 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.