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Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro

Owensboro, Kentucky · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$21,224
Avg net price
61%
Grad / completion
$30,481
Median earnings

Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Owensboro, Kentucky (small city setting), enrolling 38 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 38 undergradsSmall cityCold winters

About Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is a city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. Following a series of failed uprisings with British support, however, the last Shawnee were forced to vacate the area before the end of the 18th century. Owensboro was named an All-America City in 2013. Owensboro placed fourth on Area Development's Top 20 Southern Cities, with a 9th-place ranking for its "recession busting factors" among the Top 25 Small Cities. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
270 miles
Nearest airport
3 miles to Owensboro Daviess County (OWB)

How Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro compares

Graduation rate61%

Higher than 50% · #14 of 46 in Kentucky

First-year retention38%

Higher than 5%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,481

Higher than 33% · #21 of 40 in Kentucky

Average net price$21,224

Cheaper than 28% · #37 cheapest of 50 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio38 : 1

Lower than 2%

Undergraduate enrollment38

Larger than 9%

Percentiles compare Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro 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 Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

38undergrads
  • Women3695%
  • Men25%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White63%
  • Black18%
  • Hispanic5.3%
  • Other or multiracial13%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
38
Student–faculty ratio
38 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
70%
First-generation students
59%
Students over 25
69%
Median family income
$15,506

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
$21,224

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
61%
First-year retention
38%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$27,138
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$30,481
Median debt at graduation
$9,500
Students with federal loans
68%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
61%
Low-income (Pell)
76%
First-generation
78%

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

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%.

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
$20,819
$30–48k
$20,918
$48–75k
—
$75–110k
$24,616
$110k+
$24,616

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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$30,481
Typical debt at graduation
$9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
31%
Out-earn a HS grad
35%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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
$30,032
Men
$45,870

Men out-earn women by $15,838 (53%) 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
87°F
Winter low
26°F
Annual rain
45.6″
Annual snow
4.3″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Calhoun Lock 2, KY US station (15.4 mi from campus).

What Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro graduates study — and earn

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
13 grads$23k 1 yr$28k 5 yr$10k debt
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
10 grads$26k 1 yr$30k 5 yr$10k debt
Health and Medical Administrative Services
— grads$27k 1 yr$29k 5 yr$10k debt

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.