- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Lima, OHRural: fringeZIP 45804Founded 1960
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1960
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 6
- Website
- lima.osu.edu
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Ohio State University-Lima Campus
Ohio State University-Lima Campus is a public university in Lima, Ohio, with 621 undergraduates. It graduates 24% within six years and costs $12,326 a year after aid.
24%graduate
Retention42%
4-year graduation12%
Pell Grant share35%
Federal loans29%
$12,326net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
24%graduate in 6 years
$67,080median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#479 of 1,704 for earnings#314 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,620 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $20,829tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $9,772
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $38,554
- Average net price
- $12,326national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$9,952
$30,001–48,000$9,934
$48,001–75,000$8,838
$75,001–110,000$12,605
$110,001+$18,598
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college42%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college24%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college35%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 24%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 12%
- First-year retention
- 42%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 23%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,889
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $67,080middle 50%: $44,278–$97,861
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$97,861
Median, Ohio State University-Lima Campus$67,080
Lower quarter$44,278
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 621
- Part-time
- 10%
- Women / men
- 58% / 42%
- Average age at entry
- 20.9
- First-generation students
- 26%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 35%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 17 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 39%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,181 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $12,869
- Endowment, end of year
- $6,550,036
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White78%
Hispanic6.9%
Black6.0%
Asian2.7%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown1.8%
10 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Liberal arts & humanities34%
Education23%
Business & management13%
Biological & biomedical sciences9.4%
Public administration & social service7.1%
Psychology4.7%
Engineering technologies3.1%
History2.4%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 204671. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7080960.