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Owens Community College

Perrysburg, Ohio · Large suburb

18%
Transfer rate: $10,369
Avg net price: 35%
Grad / completion: $37,275
Median earnings

Owens Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Perrysburg, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 4,361 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,361 undergradsLarge suburbNJCAA Division IIICold wintersSnowy

About Perrysburg, Ohio

Perrysburg is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States. Perrysburg lies near the center of the Twelve Mile Square Reservation, a tract of land ceded in 1795 to the United States by the Odawa people following their defeat in the Northwest Indian Wars. Notable companies based in Perrysburg include Burkett Restaurant Equipment, a dealer in food service equipment; Owens-Illinois, a global glass container manufacturer; and Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, a metalworking machinery dealer specializing in tube mills, roll forming and coil processing equipment. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Toledo, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 10 miles
Nearest airport: 14 miles to Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express (TOL)

How Owens Community College compares

Graduation rate35%

Higher than 20% · #138 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention60%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,275

Higher than 58% · #83 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$10,369

Cheaper than 69% · #38 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$16,667

Lower than 10%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment4,361

Larger than 90%

Percentiles compare Owens 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

Women2,50958%
Men1,85242%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White67%
Black13%
Hispanic12%
Asian1.2%
Other or multiracial6.6%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 4,361
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 22%
First-generation students: 44%
Students over 25: 33%
Median family income: $24,901
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $59,526
Endowment: $5,203,515

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 993 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Ohio93%
Other U.S. states7.3%

Most first-years stay in state — Owens Community College 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: $5,870
Out-of-state tuition: $10,502
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,880
Total cost of attendance: $14,436
Average net price: $10,369

Outcomes

Graduated: 35%
First-year retention: 60%
Transferred to another college: 18%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $34,106
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,275
Median debt at graduation: $16,667
Students with federal loans: 23%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

35%

Low-income (Pell)

16%

First-generation

18%

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
Athletics: NJCAA Division III
Varsity athletes: 132 (77 men · 55 women)

Varsity sports (5)

Baseball41

Soccer38

Basketball28

Volleyball14

Softball11

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$8,214

$30–48k

$8,300

$48–75k

$11,058

$75–110k

$12,514

$110k+

$13,629

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.

24%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,735

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 24% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,735. 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 606 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): $37,275
Typical debt at graduation: $16,667
Debt vs. one year's pay: 45%
Out-earn a HS grad: 46%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.5 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

$32,933

Men

$43,936

Men out-earn women by $11,003 (33%) 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: 20°F
Annual rain: 32.4″
Annual snow: 37.4″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Toledo Metcalf Fld, OH US station (3.6 mi from campus).

What Owens Community College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCert.

277 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

277———Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

192 grads$67k 1 yr$71k 5 yr$27k debt

192$66,756$70,674$27,168 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

172 grads$34k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$21k debt

172$33,847$42,183$21,024 Precision Metal WorkingCert.

104 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

104———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

73 grads$35k 1 yr$45k 5 yr$19k debt

73$35,175$45,485$18,800 Accounting and Related ServicesCert.

72 grads— 1 yr$42k 5 yr— debt

72—$41,686—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

70 grads$45k 1 yr$55k 5 yr$22k debt

70$45,468$55,443$21,750 Health Aides/Attendants/OrderliesCert.

50 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

50———Psychology, GeneralAssoc.

43 grads— 1 yr$28k 5 yr$23k debt

43—$28,482$23,441 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCert.

43 grads$64k 1 yr— 5 yr$14k debt

43$63,966—$13,549 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

37 grads$33k 1 yr$40k 5 yr$20k debt

37$33,188$40,300$19,649 Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCert.

35 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

35———

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.