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Central State University

Public, four-year or above, in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

3,065
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
3,004
Undergraduates
61
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

667
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
18
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

23.0%
Graduation rate
23.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

99.0%
Applicants admitted
19.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$8,058
Tuition and fees
$22,884
Price in state, living on campus
$24,884
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Central State University published $8,058 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $7,262 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

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The figures

Central State University published $8,058 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $7,262 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$8,058$8,058$10,058
2023–⁠24$7,824$7,824$9,824
2022–⁠23$7,596$7,596$9,596
2021–⁠22$7,262$7,262$9,262
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$8,058
Books and supplies$1,200
Food and housing on campus$12,026
Other expenses on campus$1,600
Total, as NCES adds it$22,884

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor27$88,463
Associate professor41$70,601
Assistant professor36$57,739
Instructor7$46,923
All ranks111$69,281

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 3,065
Larger than 20% of the 859 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 23%
Higher than 9% of the 821 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $69,281
Higher than 22% of the 844 colleges in its sector (public, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$42,843
Median earnings four years after completing
$36,832
Median earnings ten years after entering
$18,250
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Public, four-year or above
Control
Public
Grants degrees
Yes
Historically Black college or university
Yes
Locale
Rural, fringe
County
Greene County
IPEDS ID
201690

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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