College · Private nonprofit · Columbus, OH · City
Franklin University
Columbus, OH
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size5,562
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
5,562 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $31k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$123k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$22k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.6k
- Books & supplies
- $552
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans41%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention40%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr11%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out67%
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
- 5,562
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White53%
- Black20%
- Unknown12%
- Hispanic8%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students50%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time60%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Veterans4%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$30k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 41
What you can study.
- Computer Science$100k · 5-yr
- Computer and Information Sciences$81k · 5-yr
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other$76k · 5-yr
- Finance$69k · 5-yr
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration$67k · 5-yr
- Accounting$65k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$64k · 5-yr
- Marketing/Marketing Management$59k · 5-yr
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management$59k · 5-yr
- Design and Visual Communications$57k · 5-yr
- Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design$56k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$54k · 5-yr
- Clinical Psychology$49k · 5-yr
- Organizational Communication$47k · 5-yr
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Public Administrationearnings not reported
- Social Sciencesearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurseearnings not reported
- Business/Commerceearnings not reported
- Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studiesearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Insuranceearnings not reported
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Otherearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Natural Resources/Conservationearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Radio and Televisionearnings not reported
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Education, Otherearnings not reported
- Human Development and Family Studiesearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Biological and Physical Sciencesearnings not reported