College · Private nonprofit · Yellow Springs, OH · Rural
Antioch College
Yellow Springs, OH
Admit rate89%
6-yr median pay$32k
Net price / yr$15k
Undergrad size121
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $15k/yr for a shot at a $32k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 89% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 23.
If you get in
121 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $50k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $15k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$199k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$59k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$140k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.1k
- Room & board
- $7.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants66%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans70%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention67%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr41%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$32k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 121
- Location
- Yellow Springs, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Hispanic17%
- Black12%
- Unknown10%
- Two or more races7%
- Asian5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- International1%
First-gen students28%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 11
What you can study.