Public · Community college

Ohio University-Zanesville Campus

Zanesville, Ohio · Distant town

27%
Transfer rate
$5,746
Avg net price
22%
Grad / completion
$52,581
Median earnings

Ohio University-Zanesville Campus is a public associate-granting institution in Zanesville, Ohio (distant town setting), enrolling 560 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 560 undergradsDistant townCold winters

About Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), who had blazed Zane's Trace, a pioneer trail from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Maysville, Kentucky, through present-day Ohio. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Distant town
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
51 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore
101 miles
Nearest airport
46 miles to John Glenn Columbus (CMH) · major hub

How Ohio University-Zanesville Campus compares

Graduation rate22%

Higher than 5% · #157 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention60%

Higher than 22%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$52,581

Higher than 93% · #17 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$5,746

Cheaper than 88% · #8 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$21,056

Lower than 5%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment560

Larger than 64%

Percentiles compare Ohio University-Zanesville Campus 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

560undergrads
  • Women35664%
  • Men20436%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White85%
  • Black3.0%
  • Hispanic2.5%
  • Asian0.5%
  • Other or multiracial9.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
560
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
13%
First-generation students
34%
Students over 25
17%
Median family income
$58,609
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$78,003

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 124 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Ohio100%

Most first-years stay in state — Ohio University-Zanesville Campus 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
$6,362
Out-of-state tuition
$9,444
Room & board
Books & supplies
$868
Total cost of attendance
$11,041
Average net price
$5,746

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)
22%
Graduated on time (4 years)
17%
First-year retention
60%
Transferred to another college
27%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$48,991
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$52,581
Median debt at graduation
$21,056
Students with federal loans
14%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
48%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
17%
Low-income (Pell)
47%
First-generation
50%

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
$20

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
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (2,009 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.

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
$3,280
$30–48k
$3,163
$48–75k
$5,459
$75–110k
$7,853
$110k+
$8,773

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
$23,568

$5,459/year × about 4.3 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.

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.

63%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$2,659
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 63% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,659. 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 105 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)
$52,581
Typical debt at graduation
$21,056
Debt vs. one year's pay
40%
Out-earn a HS grad
60%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.0 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
$50,238
Men
$56,016

Men out-earn women by $5,778 (12%) 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
38.6″
Annual snow
20.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Zanesville Muni AP, OH US station (7.4 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.