Clark State College
Springfield, OH · Public · Small city · CSC
Public institution in Springfield, OH · 3,134 undergraduates · $39,584 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 5%Cost of attendance
- Top 7%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 12%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $8,615246th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,200105th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $7,809137th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $13,39597th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $14,490290th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $39,5841,631st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,3411,682nd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 24.6%1,875th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 50.0%1,734th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
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Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3,134672nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1993rd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 36.1%885th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 162 mi (DTW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 1 of 1 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering-Related FieldsEngineering Technology | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Athletics — 3 sports
NJCAA Division II · NJCAA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $33,000 (M $18,000 · W $15,000)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websiteclarkstate.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 201973)
- Compare colleges in OHRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in OhioEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: Clark State College vs Oberlin CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 3 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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