Private for-profit · Community college

Ohio Media School-Columbus

Columbus, Ohio · Large suburb

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Transfer rate: $24,913
Avg net price: 61%
Grad / completion: $37,423
Median earnings

Ohio Media School-Columbus is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Columbus, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 43 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 43 undergradsLarge suburbCold 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 suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 101 miles
Nearest airport: 4 miles to John Glenn Columbus (CMH) · major hub

How Ohio Media School-Columbus compares

Graduation rate61%

Higher than 50% · #87 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention57%

Higher than 18%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,423

Higher than 58% · #81 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$24,913

Cheaper than 18% · #128 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment43

Larger than 11%

Percentiles compare Ohio Media School-Columbus 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

Women1535%
Men2865%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White14%
Black72%
Hispanic9.3%
Other or multiracial4.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 43
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 75%
First-generation students: 42%
Students over 25: 70%
Median family income: $16,766

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $24,913

Outcomes

Graduated: 61%
First-year retention: 57%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $28,853
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,423
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 71%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 25%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

61%

Low-income (Pell)

64%

First-generation

66%

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: Free

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

$23,887

$30–48k

$25,492

$48–75k

$28,856

$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 Media School-Columbus 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): $37,423
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 44%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 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

$32,679

Men

$38,736

Men out-earn women by $6,057 (19%) 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

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Columbus Port Columbus Intl AP, OH US station (2.8 mi from campus).

What Ohio Media School-Columbus graduates study — and earn

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

186 grads$19k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$10k debt

186$18,896$27,396$9,500 Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

20 grads$16k 1 yr— 5 yr$16k debt

20$15,718—$15,833 Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

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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.