Private for-profit · Community college

Ohio Business College-Sheffield

Sheffield Village, Ohio · Midsize suburb

4%
Transfer rate: $28,738
Avg net price: 73%
Grad / completion: $30,389
Median earnings

Ohio Business College-Sheffield is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Sheffield Village, Ohio (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 224 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 224 undergradsMidsize suburbCold wintersSnowy

About Sheffield Village, Ohio

Sheffield is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the Black River. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 20 miles to Cleveland, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 5 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Cleveland Hopkins (CLE) · major hub

How Ohio Business College-Sheffield compares

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 67% · #60 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention76%

Higher than 57%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,389

Higher than 33% · #119 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$28,738

Cheaper than 10% · #141 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$12,416

Lower than 25%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment224

Larger than 47%

Percentiles compare Ohio Business College-Sheffield 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

Women18281%
Men4219%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White34%
Black41%
Hispanic14%
Asian0.9%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 224
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: 60%
Students over 25: 65%
Median family income: $14,591
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $46,737

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 51 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Ohio100%

Most first-years stay in state — Ohio Business College-Sheffield 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: $11,534
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $3,445
Total cost of attendance: $34,607
Average net price: $28,738

Outcomes

Graduated: 73%
First-year retention: 76%
Transferred to another college: 4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,337
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,389
Median debt at graduation: $12,416
Students with federal loans: 61%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 15%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

73%

Low-income (Pell)

52%

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

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

$28,864

$30–48k

$27,499

$48–75k

$30,662

$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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Ohio Business College-Sheffield funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $30,389
Typical debt at graduation: $12,416
Debt vs. one year's pay: 41%
Out-earn a HS grad: 27%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.1 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

$29,839

Men

$32,003

Men out-earn women by $2,164 (7%) 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: 42″
Annual snow: 43.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elyria 3 E, OH US station (3.1 mi from campus).

What Ohio Business College-Sheffield graduates study — and earn

Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCert.

34 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

34———Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Cert.

29 grads$38k 1 yr— 5 yr$12k debt

29$37,743—$12,416 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCert.

20 grads$28k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$11k debt

20$27,980$31,428$10,500 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

7 grads— 1 yr$32k 5 yr— debt

7—$31,714—Business Administration, Management and OperationsCert.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr$11k debt

4——$11,221 Accounting and Related ServicesAssoc.

3 grads$35k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$32k debt

3$34,785$41,694$32,361 Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssoc.

1 grads$23k 1 yr$19k 5 yr$32k debt

1$22,925$19,059$31,683 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCert.

0 grads$25k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$14k debt

0$25,306$29,412$13,642 Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

——$34,222—Legal Support ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$25k 5 yr— debt

——$24,663—Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

— grads— 1 yr$29k 5 yr— debt

——$29,427—Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCert.

— grads— 1 yr$23k 5 yr— debt

——$22,948—

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.