Defiance College
Defiance College admitted 48% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $27,873 a year. Within six years, 36% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 48%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,177 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $27,873 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $22,644 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $29,320 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 36%
- Students who return for a second year
- 56%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $50,327 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 499
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 57%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Education
- 17%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 17%
- Public administration and social services
- 15%
- Business, management and marketing
- 14%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 11%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Rollins College FL · 48% admitted
- Austin College TX · 48% admitted
- Judson University IL · 48% admitted
- Stevens Institute of Technology NJ · 48% admitted
- Cleveland Institute of Music OH · 47% 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.