Ohio University-Southern Campus
Ironton, OH · Public · 415 undergrads · website ↗
- Open admission
- $20 application fee
This is a regional campus of a university, not a standalone community college. Students here often “transfer” to the main campus, which inflates the rate below relative to a true community college.
Does anyone get out?
The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.
26.2%
of students transfer to a four-year institution
- Completed after transferring
- 1.4%
- Still enrolled after transferring
- 5.1%
had finished a degree by year 2
still progressing at year 2
What it costs
| Household income | Avg net price / year |
|---|---|
| Under $30,000 | $4,649 |
| $30,000 – $48,000 | $4,943 |
| $48,000 – $75,000 | $5,297 |
| $75,000 – $110,000 | $8,332 |
| Over $110,000 | $8,753 |
| All incomes (average) | $5,993 |
Sticker tuition and fees: $6,362 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.
These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Ohio University-Southern Campus's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.
Net price calculator ↗Other costs of attendance, 2025–26
The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.
| Housing and meals, off campus (not with family) | $6,640 |
| Books and supplies | $894 |
| Other expenses, off campus | $3,598 |
Outcomes
- Completion rate
- 21%
- Students with Pell grants
- 13%
- Earnings @ 10yr
- $52,581
- Median debt
- $21,056
at this college
after entering
at graduation
Admission and teaching
- SAT/ACT policy
- Open admission
- Application fee
- $20
- Students per faculty member
- 13 to 1
- Faculty who are full-time
- 45%
Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)
undergraduate, 2023–24
undergraduates, fall 2024
fall 2024
What students study
Earnings and debt by field of study
Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.
Associate degrees (6)
| Field of study | Degrees awarded 2023–24 | Earnings, 1 yr after | Earnings, 4 yrs after | Median federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 36 | $66,532 | $78,236national $80,813 | $12,375 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 16 | $38,476 | $45,999national $44,125 | $13,000 |
| Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians | 4 | — | $33,312national $35,660 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 4 | $41,557 | $53,577national $46,706 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 2 | — | $25,999national $34,184 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 1 | $46,455 | $53,863national $48,733 | — |
Bachelor's degrees (65)
| Field of study | Degrees awarded 2023–24 | Earnings, 1 yr after | Earnings, 4 yrs after | Median federal debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 17 | $83,529 | $87,308national $88,910 | $15,475 |
| Social Work | 11 | $40,529 | $49,690national $51,790 | $17,805 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | 2 | $43,319 | $53,206national $53,072 | $20,500 |
| Psychology, General | 2 | $35,609 | $49,399national $50,706 | $20,354 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 2 | $57,179 | $71,478national $68,257 | $16,025 |
| History | 1 | $23,657 | $46,101national $50,680 | $19,375 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 0 | $44,757 | $54,695national $56,359 | $19,458 |
| Journalism | 0 | $44,037 | $59,276national $56,278 | $20,598 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 0 | $39,256 | $48,390national $50,497 | $23,250 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 0 | $58,792 | $60,767national $92,374 | — |
| Computer Science | 0 | $74,498 | $93,282national $107,009 | $26,000 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications | 0 | $50,435 | $77,401national $73,587 | $19,500 |
| Special Education and Teaching | 0 | $41,822 | $51,258national $50,499 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 0 | $37,454 | $43,893national $47,382 | $20,612 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 0 | $39,880 | —national $51,389 | $22,530 |
| Engineering, General | 0 | $76,409 | —national $89,359 | $24,250 |
| Chemical Engineering | 0 | $72,569 | $85,990national $98,158 | $25,500 |
| Civil Engineering | 0 | $68,237 | $81,019national $86,517 | $27,442 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | 0 | $69,470 | $94,673national $100,647 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering | 0 | $72,184 | $91,285national $92,135 | $25,412 |
| Industrial Engineering | 0 | $77,633 | $99,364national $98,442 | — |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 0 | $37,900 | $54,184national $55,000 | — |
| Housing and Human Environments | 0 | $46,844 | $52,861national $59,550 | $27,000 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 0 | $39,270 | $45,346national $48,568 | $27,000 |
| Apparel and Textiles | 0 | $44,580 | $58,647national $57,640 | $26,750 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 0 | $29,964 | $40,479national $48,471 | $20,500 |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other | 0 | $35,062 | $37,785national $46,634 | $15,925 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | 0 | $30,721 | —national $49,245 | — |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 0 | $38,102 | $55,352national $44,055 | $23,096 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | 0 | $36,093 | $57,479national $62,172 | $25,000 |
| Mathematics | 0 | — | $67,562national $69,562 | — |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 0 | — | —national $50,532 | $21,625 |
| Data Analytics | 0 | $66,696 | — | $24,125 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | 0 | $33,390 | $49,369national $50,983 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | 0 | $48,154 | $55,867national $54,562 | $24,272 |
| Chemistry | 0 | $48,360 | $54,576national $65,120 | $22,511 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | 0 | $46,004 | $66,922national $60,190 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | 0 | $46,049 | —national $55,378 | $19,000 |
| Anthropology | 0 | $31,995 | $44,327national $46,676 | $26,000 |
| Geography and Cartography | 0 | — | $56,381national $57,853 | — |
| Political Science and Government | 0 | $40,596 | $58,907national $63,293 | $19,937 |
| Sociology | 0 | $42,879 | $51,312national $52,657 | $21,720 |
| Air Transportation | 0 | $56,127 | $99,701national $85,825 | $25,000 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 0 | $30,968 | —national $41,688 | $19,250 |
| Dance | 0 | — | —national $39,980 | $24,142 |
| Design and Applied Arts | 0 | $37,181 | $49,553national $51,490 | — |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 0 | $26,309 | $42,796national $39,775 | $19,124 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 0 | $25,578 | $39,055national $41,367 | $23,500 |
| Music | 0 | $36,209 | $44,593national $42,892 | $26,796 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | 0 | $33,936 | —national $48,240 | $24,625 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 0 | $56,158 | —national $61,296 | $17,500 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | 0 | $36,991 | $57,085national $58,928 | $22,125 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | 0 | $48,894 | $61,538national $58,716 | $22,775 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | 0 | — | $51,652national $70,786 | — |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions | 0 | $39,804 | $57,998national $52,119 | $26,286 |
| Public Health | 0 | — | $62,153national $58,808 | — |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | 0 | $34,890 | —national $55,753 | $23,000 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 0 | $66,448 | $84,002national $76,194 | $22,375 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | 0 | $62,571 | —national $61,027 | $20,000 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | 0 | $61,403 | $81,299national $83,343 | $22,608 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | 0 | $40,989 | —national $56,726 | — |
| International Business | 0 | — | $73,640national $73,201 | — |
| Management Information Systems and Services | 0 | $68,559 | $93,774national $83,290 | $23,250 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | 0 | $59,487 | —national $86,176 | $23,000 |
| Marketing | 0 | $58,061 | $78,506national $69,303 | $23,085 |
A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 42 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 6 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.
Best transfer rates elsewhere in OH
Contact and accreditation
- Address
- 1804 Liberty Ave, Ironton, OH 45638
- Phone
- (740) 533-4600
- Institutional accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Where would you transfer to?
Find four-year colleges ranked by what they'd cost your family and what graduates earn — then check which of your credits they accept before you commit.
Find four-year matches →Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally — confirm with both colleges before enrolling.
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