College · Private nonprofit · Canton, OH · City
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Canton, OH
Admit rate46%
6-yr median pay$50k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size280
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $50k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 46% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1020 · ACT 21.
If you get in
280 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $29k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$116k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$97k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$19k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.2k
- Books & supplies
- $1,546
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans56%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr53%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$50k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$64k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out10%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 280
- Location
- Canton, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Aultman College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White83%
- Black7%
- Two or more races5%
- Unknown3%
- Hispanic1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students52%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time48%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$30k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 3
What you can study.