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Community college · Public

Edison State Community College

Piqua, OH1,175 online only

Edison State Community College is a public community college in Piqua, OH, with about 3,373 students on campus and 1,175 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
3,373
plus 1,175 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$7,142
tuition and fees $4,499; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
38%
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$41,360
higher than at 52% of U.S. colleges
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Edison State Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Edison State Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $13,472 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,346

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,499Books & supplies $1,792Other costs $7,181

After grants, the average family on aid pays $7,142.

Tuition and fees are $4,499 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

$8,674

About $17,348 over 2 years · 36% off the sticker price

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

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
38%
within 1½ times the normal program length
Come back for year two
—
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$41,360
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$16,250
about $172 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

5.9%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$172 a month against about $2,899 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

33%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 25% 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
$37k
Middle income$30–75k
$47k
Higher incomeover $75k
$54k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Engineering tech 24%Health professions 21%Liberal arts 21%Business 16%Computer science 9%Public safety 3%Everything else 5%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

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

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities217 graduates a year · typical debt $10,812
$41k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing58 graduates a year · typical debt $16,625
$71k4 yrs out
Business Administration, Management and Operations27 graduates a year
$43k4 yrs out
Accounting and Related Services11 graduates a year
—not reported
Criminal Justice and Corrections10 graduates a year
—not reported
Agricultural Business and Management9 graduates a year
—not reported
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians9 graduates a year
—not reported
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians9 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

1,302 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 81%Hispanic 3%Black 5%Asian 1%Two or more 6%

Women and men

Women 65%Men 35%
23 : 1
students per teacher
17%
get Pell grants (lower income)
6%
take federal loans
14%
undergrads 25 or older
68%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Piqua

3% of Piqua’s 21,064 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Piqua pages.

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Nearby

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

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26.8 mi616 students
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27.2 mi8,941 students
Sinclair Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Dayton
27.7 mi10,933 students
Clark State CollegeCommunity college · Public · Springfield
28.3 mi3,154 students
University of DaytonUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Dayton
29 mi10,464 students
Antioch UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Yellow Springs · mostly online
29.3 mi115 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.