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Community college · Public

Hocking College

Nelsonville, OH246 online only

Hocking College is a public community college in Nelsonville, OH, with about 1,600 students on campus.

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Students on campus
1,600
plus 246 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$13,704
tuition and fees $5,540; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
37%
lower than at 82% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,791
lower than at 60% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Hocking College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Hocking College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $19,171 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $10,290

Tuition & fees (in state) $5,540Room & board $10,060Books & supplies $600Other costs $2,971

After grants, the average family on aid pays $13,704.

Tuition and fees are $5,540 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

$13,253

About $26,506 over 2 years · 31% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
37%
within 3 years · Pell students 27%
Come back for year two
43%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,791
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$11,584
about $123 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

4.4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$123 a month against about $2,795 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

34%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 26% 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
$32k
Middle income$30–75k
$43k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Health professions 27%Natural resources 26%Public safety 8%Liberal arts 6%Agriculture 5%Precision production 5%Everything else 25%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management44 graduates a year · typical debt $11,000
$39k4 yrs out
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities40 graduates a year · typical debt $12,750
$43k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing39 graduates a year · typical debt $15,750
$62k4 yrs out
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy34 graduates a year · typical debt $11,000
$42k4 yrs out
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions20 graduates a year
—not reported
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations20 graduates a year · typical debt $14,906
—not reported
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions18 graduates a year
—not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services17 graduates a year · typical debt $13,234
$47k4 yrs out
Who goes there

The students

1,311 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 77%Hispanic 3%Black 11%Two or more 5%International 3%

Women and men

Women 50%Men 50%
12 : 1
students per teacher
46%
get Pell grants (lower income)
50%
take federal loans
17%
undergrads 25 or older
20%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Nelsonville

14% of Nelsonville’s 4,488 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Nelsonville pages.

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Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Hocking College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Ohio UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Athens
10.2 mi18,668 students
Ohio University-Lancaster CampusUniversity or college · Public · Lancaster
28.3 mi1,478 students

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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.