Zane State College
Zanesville, OH · Public · Town (distant) · ZSC
Public institution in Zanesville, OH · 717 undergraduates · $35,006 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 2%Median graduate debt
- Top 4%Cost of attendance
- Top 9%Average net price
- Top 10%In-state tuition & fees
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
- $7,423187th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,856201st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $11,466357th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $12,79081st cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $6,83434th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,0061,785th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,8081,650th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 53.0%1,034th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 7171,552nd largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15.0:11,301st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 18.4%1,791st highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 170 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.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- Free
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Campus facts
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Zane State College’s 717 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In OH
- Hiram CollegeHiram, OH · 731 undergrads
- Lake Erie CollegePainesville, OH · 678 undergrads
- The Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesCincinnati, OH · 762 undergrads
- Lourdes UniversitySylvania, OH · 668 undergrads
- Malone UniversityCanton, OH · 777 undergrads
- Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus, OH · 785 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Laboure College of HealthcareMilton, MA · 717 undergrads
- Hampshire CollegeAmherst, MA · 716 undergrads
- Howard Payne UniversityBrownwood, TX · 716 undergrads
- Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, MN · 718 undergrads
- Alpena Community CollegeAlpena, MI · 715 undergrads
- Emmanuel UniversityFranklin Springs, GA · 719 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitezanestate.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 204255)
- 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
- Compare with Hiram CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Zane State College vs Hiram CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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