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Ohio University-Zanesville Campus

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vs. 20 peers in its group

Ohio University-Zanesville Campus is a public institution in Zanesville, OH.

It enrolls about 560 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 20 peer institutions (All public 4-year institutions).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 35 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is return on credential (1.19×, 92nd percentile).

Its weakest is first-year retention (59.6%).

Ibex's cross-metric scan flags: Undergrad enrollment down 52% since 2016; First-year retention 60% (below 60%).

Peer group

All public 4-year institutions

20 institutions

Undergrad enrollment down 52% since 2016
First-year retention 60% (below 60%)
Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed Ohio University-Zanesville Campus is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax and Grad PLUS elimination and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Structural risk indexAn indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure) blending operating margin, months of cash cushion, tuition dependency and the home-state enrollment cliff. Screens for the financial and demographic strain that precedes closures and mergers — directional, not a prediction.
38
Elevated
Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
-13.1%
Steep decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts — see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax and Grad PLUS figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Revenue composition
Where the money comes from $9.5M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Government appropriations is the largest single source at 45% of revenue.

Government appropriations45.2%
Tuition & fees36.5%
Government grants & contracts17.2%
Private gifts & grants1.1%
Other revenue0.0%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Net price by income
Average net price by family income After grant & scholarship aid · Scorecard 2024-25
$0–30K$3,280
$30–48K$3,163
$48–75K$5,459
$75–110K$7,853
$110K+$8,773

Average annual net price (total cost minus grant and scholarship aid) paid by federal-aid recipients in each family-income band. Lower-income bands often pay less where need-based aid is strong.

Financial Health
Net tuition revenue / FTETuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student after institutional aid/discounts — what tuition actually nets.
Average
$4,841
40th percentile in peer grouppeer median $6,102
Instructional spend / FTESpending on instruction per FTE student — how much of the budget reaches the classroom.
Below peers
$7,443
30th percentile in peer grouppeer median $15,012
In-state tuition & feesPublished in-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$6,362
62nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $6,362
Out-of-state tuition & feesPublished out-of-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$9,444
46th percentile in peer grouppeer median $10,588
Avg annual cost of attendanceAverage total annual cost — tuition, fees and living costs — before aid.
$11,041
23rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $13,956
Avg monthly faculty salaryAverage monthly salary of full-time faculty (IPEDS) — a proxy for faculty investment.
Average
$8,667
55th percentile in peer grouppeer median $8,627
Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.
Average net priceAverage yearly price families actually pay after grants and scholarships.
Strong
$5,746
23rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,260
Operating marginNet surplus as a share of total revenue — whether the institution runs in the black.
Strong
16.6%
83rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 5.4%
Net surplus as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23): (total revenues − total expenses) ÷ total revenues. A surplus above 4% is strong; a thin surplus near 0% leaves little margin for shocks.
Tuition dependencyTuition's share of total revenue — how exposed the budget is to enrollment swings.
36.5%
78th percentile in peer grouppeer median 22.8%
Tuition & fees as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Higher = more exposed to enrollment swings.
State appropriations shareState appropriations' share of total revenue — material for public institutions, near zero for private.
43.5%
67th percentile in peer grouppeer median 37.3%
State appropriations as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Material for public institutions; ~0 for private.
Structural risk indexAn indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure) blending operating margin, months of cash cushion, tuition dependency and the home-state enrollment cliff. Screens for the financial and demographic strain that precedes closures and mergers — directional, not a prediction.
Elevated
38
— percentile in peer group
An indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure), an equal-weight blend of the stress signals we measure: thin or negative operating margin, low months of operating cushion, high tuition dependency, and a shrinking home-state high-school-graduate pipeline (enrollment cliff). Averaged over whichever signals are available (at least two required). It screens for the financial and demographic pressures that precede closures and mergers — a directional indicator, NOT a prediction that any institution will close, and not a credit rating.
Graduation & completion
Graduation rate · first-time, full-time
21.6%

21.6% graduate within 6 years (150% of normal time)
17% on-time, within 4 years (100%)
Counts only students who entered full-time as first-time freshmen and earned a bachelor's here — the conventional headline rate. Excludes part-time entrants and transfer-ins.

Completion rate · all students
41.6%

41.6% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort — also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.

Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education — IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.

Enrollment & Pipeline
Undergraduate enrollmentNumber of degree-seeking undergraduates (IPEDS fall headcount). A size measure, not a quality signal.
560
50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 564
First-year retentionShare of first-time, full-time freshmen who return for a second year — an early signal of student fit and support.
Below peers
59.6%
14th percentile in peer grouppeer median 69.7%
Graduation rate (6-yr · first-time, full-time)Of first-time, full-time freshmen, the share who earn a bachelor's at this institution within six years (150% of normal time) — the conventional headline graduation rate. It counts only first-time, full-time students and excludes part-time entrants and transfer-ins, who are captured instead by the all-students completion rate.
Average
21.6%
38th percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.1%
Graduation rate (4-yr on-time · first-time, full-time)Of first-time, full-time freshmen, the share who earn a bachelor's within four years (100% of normal time) — the 'on-time' rate. It runs well below the six-year rate because many students take a fifth or sixth year; same first-time, full-time cohort as the six-year rate.
Average
17%
50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 19.6%
Pell recipient shareShare of undergraduates on a federal Pell Grant — a proxy for the share from lower-income families.
13%
20th percentile in peer grouppeer median 29.5%
Program concentration (HHI)How concentrated a school's annual completions are across academic fields, as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (10,000 = one field, lower = many). Higher means more reliance on a few fields; lower means a diversified program portfolio.
Highly concentrated
4,026
— percentile in peer group
How concentrated the institution's degree and certificate output is across academic fields (CIP 2-digit families), as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index on the latest year's completions: 10,000 means every completion is in one field; lower means output is spread across many. A higher value means the school leans on fewer fields and is more exposed to demand shifts in them; a lower value reflects a broad program portfolio. Shown for institutions reporting at least 100 annual completions. A structural-diversification signal, not a measure of quality.
12-month FTE enrollmentFull-time-equivalent enrollment over the full year — the denominator for per-student finance measures.
823
65th percentile in peer grouppeer median 657
Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.
Student-faculty ratioStudents per instructional faculty member — lower usually means smaller classes and more contact.
12:1
60th percentile in peer grouppeer median 10:1
Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.
Enrollment cliff (home state)Projected change in the institution's home-state high-school graduates from 2025 to 2041 (WICHE). The U.S. total falls about 13%; a directional feeder-market signal, not an enrollment forecast.
Steep decline
-13.1%
— percentile in peer group
Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.
Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)Of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates — full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in — the share who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures). Broader than the graduation rate, which counts only first-time, full-time students, so the two are measured on different students and are not directly comparable.
Average
41.6%
47th percentile in peer grouppeer median 44.5%
Share of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates — full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in — who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard). Broader and more inclusive than the graduation-rate figures, which count only first-time, full-time students entering a bachelor's program — so the two are measured on different groups of students and are not directly comparable.
Student body
Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25
White84.6%
Two or more races5.4%
Unknown3.2%
Black3.0%
Hispanic/Latino2.5%
Asian0.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.4%
International0.4%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Student Outcomes & Risk
Median earnings (10 yr)Median earnings of former students ten years after first enrolling (working, federally-aided students).
Strong
$52,581
82nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $46,600
Median debt at graduationMedian federal loan debt graduates carry at the point they complete.
Average
$21,056
67th percentile in peer grouppeer median $21,056
3-yr cohort default rateShare of borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment. Lower is better.
Below peers
6.7%
68th percentile in peer grouppeer median 6.5%
Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort — the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.
Share taking federal loansShare of students taking out federal loans — a borrowing-reliance signal.
13.6%
40th percentile in peer grouppeer median 18.3%
Full-time faculty shareShare of faculty employed full-time — higher generally means more availability and continuity.
Below peers
43.8%
25th percentile in peer grouppeer median 62.6%
Debt-to-earnings ratioMedian graduate debt divided by median earnings — how heavy the debt load is versus what graduates earn. Lower is better.
Average
0.40×
47th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.40×
Return on credentialMedian 10-year earnings divided by the four-year cost of attendance (annual cost × 4) — a rough payback ratio for the degree.
Strong
1.19×
92nd percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.60×
Median 10-year earnings divided by the four-year cost of attendance (average annual cost × 4). A rough payback ratio: 1.0× means a graduate's annual 10-year earnings roughly equal the full four-year sticker cost. Earnings reflect federally-aided students; cost of attendance is the published sticker price before aid, so this is conservative relative to what families net of aid pay.
Field-demand outlook (10-yr)Employment-weighted 10-year BLS job-growth projection for the occupations this school's program mix feeds (U.S. all-occupations benchmark +3.1%). An indicative broad-field demand signal, not a program-specific or placement guarantee.
Outpaces job-market average
+5.8%
87th percentile in peer group
Projected 10-year (2024-34) change in U.S. employment for the occupations this institution's degrees and certificates feed, blended across its program mix. Built by mapping each CIP 2-digit field to its occupations via the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk, taking the employment-weighted average of each occupation's BLS-projected percent change, then weighting fields by the institution's latest-year completions. The U.S. all-occupations benchmark is 3.1%, so a higher value means the school's graduates concentrate in faster-growing labor markets. An INDICATIVE field-level signal at broad-field granularity — not a program-specific or graduate-specific projection, and not a placement or earnings guarantee. Structurally diffuse CIP families whose crosswalk maps to 'any job' are excluded from the signal: 05 Area/Ethnic/Gender Studies, 24 Liberal Arts & Humanities, and 30 Multi/Interdisciplinary. Shown where at least 50% of completions fall in fields with a coherent occupational mapping and the school reports 100+ annual completions.
Loan repayment rate (3-yr)
52.3%
50th percentile in peer grouppeer median 52.8%
Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within three years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it as context, not a simple good/bad score: a low rate can mean borrowers are struggling, but it can also mean many graduates have postponed payments while enrolled in graduate or professional school, which is common at selective schools and pushes their rate down. Unlike the cohort default rate, it is not distorted by the 2020-23 federal payment pause. Reported only where enough borrowers exist.
Top fields of study (bachelor's)

Ohio University-Zanesville Campus’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

FieldCompletions / yrMedian earnings, 4 yrs outMedian debtEarnings premiumRisk score
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences26$82,090
88th pct · 8 peers
—Above benchmark +123%Low · 0
Public Administration & Social Service11$49,690—Above benchmark +35%Low · 0
Business, Management & Marketing6$76,372
100th pct · 6 peers
—Above benchmark +107%Low · 0
Communication & Journalism4$54,408
100th pct · 5 peers
—Above benchmark +48%Low · 0
Parks, Recreation & Fitness3$54,242—Above benchmark +47%Low · 0
History2$46,101—Above benchmark +25%Low · 0
Psychology2$49,399
80th pct · 5 peers
—Above benchmark +34%Low · 0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences1$56,416
80th pct · 5 peers
—Above benchmark +53%Low · 0
Education1$47,576
83th pct · 6 peers
—Above benchmark +29%Low · 0
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting1————

All 9 top fields shown clear the OH state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the OH state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend—higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked
What is Ohio University-Zanesville Campus's student-faculty ratio?
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus reports a student-faculty ratio of 12:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) — that is, about 12 students for every instructional faculty member.
How much does Ohio University-Zanesville Campus cost?
The average published cost of attendance is $11,041 and the average net price after aid is $5,746 (College Scorecard).
How much do Ohio University-Zanesville Campus graduates earn?
Median earnings ten years after entry are $52,581 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.
Are Ohio University-Zanesville Campus's programs at risk under the federal earnings-premium test?
Indicatively, at Ohio University-Zanesville Campus, all 9 of the largest fields with available earnings data clear the OH state earnings-premium benchmark used by the 2025 federal test (effective July 1, 2026) — median graduate earnings (four years out) exceed those of a typical worker without the credential. This is an estimate using College Scorecard earnings vs ACS medians; the official Department of Education determination may differ.
Which schools are Ohio University-Zanesville Campus's peers?
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus is benchmarked against 20 institutions in the All public 4-year institutions peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite — see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.