Central State University
Central State University admitted 99% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $13,307 a year. Within six years, 21% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 99%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $22,374 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $13,307 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $11,428 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $8,300 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $11,300 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 21%
- Students who return for a second year
- 56%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $36,832 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,620
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 56%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16 to 1
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 35%
- Education
- 25%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 13%
- Multi/interdisciplinary studies
- 6%
- Psychology
- 4%
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- Rabbinical Seminary of America NY · 99% admitted
More colleges in Ohio
- Ohio State University-Main Campus OH · 61% admitted
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH · 85% admitted
- Ohio University-Main Campus OH · 85% admitted
- Kent State University at Kent OH · 86% admitted
- Miami University-Oxford OH · 75% admitted
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH · 81% admitted
- University of Toledo OH · 92% admitted
- University of Akron Main Campus OH · 60% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.