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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Cincinnati, OH2,168 online only

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is a public community college in Cincinnati, OH, with about 6,513 students on campus and 2,168 more studying only online.

Students on campus
6,513
plus 2,168 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$4,968
tuition and fees $5,517; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
16%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$40,137
lower than at 52% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Most students study part-time

68% of undergraduates attend part-time. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students, so it covers a minority of the people studying here. The students ↓

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is nearly free for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $2,823 a year after grants. Families earning $48,000–75,000 pay about $6,077, and those over $110,000 pay about $11,878. What it costs ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Who goes there

The students

5,667 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 47%Hispanic 4%Black 32%Asian 3%Two or more 3%International 2%

Women and men

Women 64%Men 36%
10 : 1
students per teacher
30%
get Pell grants (lower income)
27%
take federal loans
32%
undergrads 25 or older
68%
study part time
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Cincinnati State Technical and Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $12,229 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $10,044

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,517Books & supplies $2,169Other costs $4,543

After grants, the average family on aid pays $4,968.

Tuition and fees are $5,517 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$6,077

About $12,154 over 2 years · 50% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
16%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
50%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$40,137
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$14,715
about $156 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

5.3%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$156 a month against about $2,943 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

32%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 22% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$35k
Middle income$30–75k
$48k
Higher incomeover $75k
$51k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 33%Liberal arts 18%Business 15%Engineering tech 13%Computer science 4%Culinary & personal services 4%Everything else 12%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians11 graduates a year
—not reported
Food Science and Technology6 graduates a year
—not reported
The town around it

Living in Cincinnati

11% of Cincinnati’s 314,367 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Cincinnati pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Cincinnati State Technical and Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.