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University of Akron Wayne College

Orrville, OH · official site ↗

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59
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vs. 20 peers in its group

University of Akron Wayne College is a public institution in Orrville, OH.

It enrolls about 457 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 20 peer institutions (All public 4-year institutions).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 59 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 endowment per undergrad ($38,472, 83rd percentile).

Its weakest is full-time faculty share (5.6%).

Ibex's cross-metric scan flags: Undergrad enrollment down 56% since 2016; First-year retention 59% (below 60%).

Peer group

All public 4-year institutions

20 institutions

Undergrad enrollment down 56% since 2016
First-year retention 59% (below 60%)
Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed University of Akron Wayne College 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.

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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Financial Health Index
2.7
on a −4 to 10 scale
Financial Health IndexWatch

NACUBO Composite Financial Index — the balance-sheet health score accreditors and institutional boards use to gauge financial health; bond-rating agencies track similar ratios. reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus (excluded from rankings and peer percentiles).

Primary reserve 35%11.7 mo
Reserves vs. debt 35%0.83×
Return on net assets 20%-2.1%
Operating result 10%-16.9%

Composite of four ratios on a strength-factor scale (−4 weak → 10 strong): below 3 falls short of the threshold for financial health, below 1 signals acute stress, and above 6 is strong. Computed from IPEDS FY2022-23, the most recent finance release (it lags the current year by 2–3 years). Branch campuses that report finances at a parent/system level can show distorted ratios. For informational benchmarking, not a credit rating or financial advice.

Revenue composition
Where the money comes from $317.6M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus.

Tuition & fees is the largest single source at 32% of revenue.

Tuition & fees32.4%
Government appropriations31.1%
Government grants & contracts12.0%
Private gifts & grants9.2%
Auxiliary enterprises7.3%
Investment return5.2%
Other revenue2.9%

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$3,982
$30–48K$4,100
$48–75K$6,663
$75–110K$11,082
$110K+$12,160

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
$6,968
55th percentile in peer grouppeer median $6,102
Instructional spend / FTESpending on instruction per FTE student — how much of the budget reaches the classroom.
Average
$7,838
40th percentile in peer grouppeer median $15,012
Endowment (end of year)Total endowment value at year end — long-term invested wealth that funds operations and cushions shocks.
Average
$17.6M
60th percentile in peer grouppeer median $9.3M
In-state tuition & feesPublished in-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$7,723
69th percentile in peer grouppeer median $6,362
Out-of-state tuition & feesPublished out-of-state tuition and fees before aid (sticker price).
$15,403
77th percentile in peer grouppeer median $10,588
Avg annual cost of attendanceAverage total annual cost — tuition, fees and living costs — before aid.
$15,993
62nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $13,956
Avg monthly faculty salaryAverage monthly salary of full-time faculty (IPEDS) — a proxy for faculty investment.
Average
$7,842
35th 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.
Average
$6,032
38th percentile in peer grouppeer median $7,260
Endowment per undergradEndowment divided by undergraduate headcount — endowment wealth behind each undergrad.
Strong
$38,472
83rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $9,531
Endowment per FTE studentEndowment per full-time-equivalent student — the FTE-correct measure of endowment wealth per student.
Average
$20,302
60th percentile in peer grouppeer median $11,666
End-of-year endowment ÷ 12-month FTE enrollment — endowment wealth per full-time-equivalent student. The FTE-correct companion to endowment-per-undergraduate; FTE counts graduate and part-time load, so research universities look less wealthy on this basis than on a headcount basis.
Operating marginNet surplus as a share of total revenue — whether the institution runs in the black.
Deficit
-1%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Tuition dependencyTuition's share of total revenue — how exposed the budget is to enrollment swings.
32.4%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
State appropriations shareState appropriations' share of total revenue — material for public institutions, near zero for private.
27.5%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Months of operating cushionMonths of operating expenses covered by expendable reserves — the institution's cash cushion.
Strong
11.7 mo
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Reserves vs. debtExpendable reserves divided by long-term debt — whether reserves could cover the debt.
Adequate
0.83×
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Return on net assetsChange in net assets over the year — whether the institution grew wealthier.
Weak
-2.1%
Parent/system level
Reported at parent/system level — reflects University of Akron Main Campus. Excluded from rankings and peer percentiles.
Graduation & completion
Graduation rate · first-time, full-time
18.5%

18.5% graduate within 6 years (150% of normal time)
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
7.2%

7.2% 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.
457
38th percentile in peer grouppeer median 564
Admission rateShare of applicants offered admission. Lower means more selective; open-admission schools report none.
89.9%
78th percentile in peer grouppeer median 78.3%
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
58.5%
7th 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.
Below peers
18.5%
23rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.1%
Pell recipient shareShare of undergraduates on a federal Pell Grant — a proxy for the share from lower-income families.
12.5%
13th percentile in peer grouppeer median 29.5%
12-month FTE enrollmentFull-time-equivalent enrollment over the full year — the denominator for per-student finance measures.
866
75th 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.
32:1
100th 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.
Below peers
7.2%
7th 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.
Average SAT score
1,040
— percentile in peer group
Average SAT score of enrolled students who submitted scores (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A selectivity and incoming-class signal — not a measure of institutional quality — and reported by fewer than half of institutions in the test-optional era. Schools that are test-optional or open-admission show none.
Admission yield
Average
54.5%
56th percentile in peer grouppeer median 54.5%
Share of admitted students who enrolled (IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023): students who enrolled ÷ students admitted. A demand signal — how many accepted offers the institution converts to enrollment. Higher yield generally reflects stronger demand, though binding early-decision programs and price positioning can inflate it. Open-admission institutions do not report admissions and show none.
Student body
Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25
White82.5%
Two or more races4.8%
Unknown4.8%
Hispanic/Latino4.6%
Black1.5%
Asian1.5%
American Indian/Alaska Native0.2%

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).
Average
$46,600
53rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $46,600
Median debt at graduationMedian federal loan debt graduates carry at the point they complete.
Below peers
$23,250
73rd 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
10%
79th 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.
8.9%
27th 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
5.6%
5th 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.
Below peers
0.50×
80th 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
0.73×
77th 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.
Loan repayment rate (3-yr)
45.9%
25th 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.
Frequently asked
How financially healthy is University of Akron Wayne College?
University of Akron Wayne College does not file its own IPEDS finance survey — its finances are reported by its parent institution, University of Akron Main Campus, which scores 2.7 (Watch) on the NACUBO Composite Financial Index (the −4 to 10 balance-sheet score accreditors and boards use), computed from IPEDS FY2022-23 finances. This parent-level figure is informational benchmarking, not a credit rating.
How selective is University of Akron Wayne College?
University of Akron Wayne College admits about 90% of applicants, and roughly 59% of first-year students return for a second year.
What is University of Akron Wayne College's student-faculty ratio?
University of Akron Wayne College reports a student-faculty ratio of 32:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) — that is, about 32 students for every instructional faculty member.
How much does University of Akron Wayne College cost?
The average published cost of attendance is $15,993 and the average net price after aid is $6,032 (College Scorecard).
How much do University of Akron Wayne College graduates earn?
Median earnings ten years after entry are $46,600 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.
Which schools are University of Akron Wayne College's peers?
University of Akron Wayne College 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.