Public · Community college

Zane State College

Zanesville, Ohio · Distant town

15%
Transfer rate: $8,062
Avg net price: 46%
Grad / completion: $35,006
Median earnings

Zane State College is a public associate-granting institution in Zanesville, Ohio (distant town setting), enrolling 715 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicSmall · 715 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 Zane State College compares

Graduation rate46%

Higher than 33% · #115 of 168 in Ohio

Earnings, 10 years after entry$35,006

Higher than 49% · #95 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$8,062

Cheaper than 78% · #22 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$6,834

Lower than 84%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment715

Larger than 68%

Percentiles compare Zane State 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

Women41157%
Men30443%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White87%
Black3.8%
Hispanic2.2%
Other or multiracial6.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 715
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 18%
First-generation students: 48%
Students over 25: 14%
Median family income: $26,824
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $51,642
Endowment: $14,763,026

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 256 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

From Ohio100%

Most first-years stay in state — Zane State 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: $6,006
Out-of-state tuition: $11,766
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,600
Total cost of attendance: $13,935
Average net price: $8,062

Outcomes

Graduated: 46%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 15%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $32,808
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $35,006
Median debt at graduation: $6,834
Students with federal loans: 11%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 24%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

46%

Low-income (Pell)

25%

First-generation

27%

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.2 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 1

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

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

$6,648

$30–48k

$7,668

$48–75k

$8,632

$75–110k

$10,907

$110k+

$13,460

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.

26%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$2,140

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 26% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $2,140. 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 155 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): $35,006
Typical debt at graduation: $6,834
Debt vs. one year's pay: 20%
Out-earn a HS grad: 37%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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

$28,870

Men

$46,079

Men out-earn women by $17,209 (60%) 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

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Zanesville Muni AP, OH US station (7.5 mi from campus).

What Zane State College graduates study — and earn

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssoc.

60 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr$8k debt

60—$36,076$7,500 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

25 grads$30k 1 yr$36k 5 yr$13k debt

25$30,035$35,585$12,966 Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

24 grads$48k 1 yr$88k 5 yr$10k debt

24$47,946$87,663$10,334 Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCert.

24 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

24———Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

19 grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr— debt

19—$34,465—Real EstateCert.

18 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

18———Information Science/StudiesAssoc.

16 grads$29k 1 yr$42k 5 yr$8k debt

16$29,311$42,030$7,668 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

11 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

11———Wildlife and Wildlands Science and ManagementAssoc.

10 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

10———Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

10 grads— 1 yr$34k 5 yr$9k debt

10—$34,033$8,556 Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCert.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———Human Resources Management and ServicesAssoc.

9 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

9———

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.