Hidden Costs of Community Colleges Web Tool
Nearly $4 billion was spent by federal, state, and local governments over five years on full-time community college students who dropped out after their first year without completing their certificate or degree programs, according to the new report, “The Hidden Costs of Community Colleges”, from AIR and College Measures.
Using U.S. Department of Education data, we have analyzed full-time students who didn’t return for a second year, while adjusting figures to account for students who transferred to four-year institutions. The cost of dropouts would be higher if part-time students and other government funding, such as direct federal support and capital expenditures, were included in the analysis.
With states and localities spending far more than the federal government on community colleges, and nearly every state facing serious budget shortfalls, the cost of community college dropouts to state taxpayers is especially troubling.
Below, you can use our interactive web tool to see how much has been spent in taxpayer dollars to educate these non-returning community college students, both at the state and institution level. In addition to the community colleges reviewed in the report, private for-profit and private not-for-profit institutions are shown below. To access the full report, please click here.
Ohio
Estimated First-Year Attrition  |
|
18% |
Rank: 46 |
| Statewide Cost of Attrition |
|
$29,480,562 |
Rank: 8 |
| Two-Year Institution | Estimated First-Year Attrition |
State Appropriations Lost |
Student Grants Lost |
Cost of First Year Attrition |
| Cuyahoga Community College District | 19% |
$3,536,779 |
$1,179,068 |
$4,715,847 |
| Owens Community College | 19% |
$1,386,510 |
$981,719 |
$2,368,229 |
| Sinclair Community College | 17% |
$1,578,092 |
$434,138 |
$2,012,230 |
| Hocking College | 19% |
$1,249,213 |
$699,295 |
$1,948,507 |
| Columbus State Community College | 18% |
$1,195,209 |
$612,745 |
$1,807,954 |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College | 19% |
$1,326,677 |
$394,514 |
$1,721,191 |
| Lorain County Community College | 17% |
$1,218,592 |
$297,128 |
$1,515,721 |
| Lakeland Community College | 20% |
$1,135,797 |
$371,224 |
$1,507,020 |
| Brown Mackie College-Cincinnati | 28% |
$0 |
$909,733 |
$909,733 |
| Brown Mackie College-North Canton | 28% |
$0 |
$715,470 |
$715,470 |
| RETS College | 17% |
$0 |
$653,746 |
$653,746 |
| Central Ohio Technical College | 18% |
$370,839 |
$242,443 |
$613,282 |
| Stark State College of Technology | 11% |
$380,517 |
$219,422 |
$599,939 |
| James A Rhodes State College | 14% |
$347,740 |
$206,415 |
$554,155 |
| Brown Mackie College-Akron | 24% |
$0 |
$546,446 |
$546,446 |
| North Central State College | 20% |
$347,482 |
$172,998 |
$520,480 |
| Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute | 14% |
$363,760 |
$70,074 |
$433,834 |
| Zane State College | 15% |
$193,290 |
$208,518 |
$401,808 |
| Edison State Community College | 18% |
$248,673 |
$152,823 |
$401,496 |
| Jefferson Community College | 18% |
$249,214 |
$144,594 |
$393,808 |
| Washington State Community College | 16% |
$276,926 |
$90,744 |
$367,671 |
| Northwest State Community College | 16% |
$249,358 |
$107,980 |
$357,338 |
| Brown Mackie College-Findlay | 28% |
$0 |
$337,724 |
$337,724 |
| Southwestern College | 33% |
$0 |
$325,825 |
$325,825 |
| Clark State Community College | 13% |
$197,351 |
$106,772 |
$304,123 |
| Southwestern College | 32% |
$0 |
$264,386 |
$264,386 |
| Southwestern College | 28% |
$0 |
$247,171 |
$247,171 |
| Terra State Community College | 18% |
$187,685 |
$55,445 |
$243,130 |
| Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus | 13% |
$131,981 |
$96,346 |
$228,327 |
| Marion Technical College | 16% |
$138,755 |
$79,978 |
$218,733 |
| Belmont Technical College | 14% |
$128,521 |
$88,068 |
$216,589 |
| Southern State Community College | 10% |
$119,629 |
$76,824 |
$196,454 |
| Bowling Green State University-Firelands | 20% |
$0 |
$168,441 |
$168,441 |
| Bradford School | 13% |
$0 |
$124,148 |
$124,148 |
| ITT Technical Institute-Youngstown | 19% |
$0 |
$120,575 |
$120,575 |
| Bohecker College | 20% |
$0 |
$112,729 |
$112,729 |
| ITT Technical Institute-Norwood | 26% |
$0 |
$105,244 |
$105,244 |
| University of Akron Wayne College | 16% |
$0 |
$97,707 |
$97,707 |
| Trumbull Business College | 25% |
$0 |
$96,064 |
$96,064 |
| Wright State University-Lake Campus | 12% |
$59,257 |
$30,838 |
$90,095 |
| Stautzenberger College | 28% |
$0 |
$87,090 |
$87,090 |
| National Institute of Technology | 13% |
$0 |
$83,704 |
$83,704 |
| ITT Technical Institute-Hilliard | 19% |
$0 |
$73,912 |
$73,912 |
| Southwestern College | 26% |
$0 |
$73,447 |
$73,447 |
| ITT Technical Institute-Dayton | 22% |
$0 |
$68,329 |
$68,329 |
| ETI Technical College | 24% |
$0 |
$47,385 |
$47,385 |
| Chatfield College | 19% |
$0 |
$39,974 |
$39,974 |
| Ohio Valley College of Technology | 19% |
$0 |
$39,433 |
$39,433 |
| Gallipolis Career College | 21% |
$0 |
$39,159 |
$39,159 |
| Davis College | 24% |
$0 |
$37,564 |
$37,564 |
| ITT Technical Institute-Strongsville | 15% |
$0 |
$35,370 |
$35,370 |
| Virginia Marti College of Art and Design | 14% |
$0 |
$32,478 |
$32,478 |
| Daymar College | 34% |
$0 |
$27,035 |
$27,035 |
| School of Advertising Art Inc | 16% |
$0 |
$23,814 |
$23,814 |
| ATS Institute of Technology | 8% |
$0 |
$21,316 |
$21,316 |
| Ohio Business College | 12% |
$0 |
$20,211 |
$20,211 |
| Academy of Court Reporting-Columbus | 26% |
$0 |
$20,151 |
$20,151 |
| Professional Skills Institute | 16% |
$0 |
$17,338 |
$17,338 |
| Ohio Business College-Lorain | 9% |
$0 |
$16,874 |
$16,874 |
| Academy of Court Reporting-Akron | 24% |
$0 |
$15,762 |
$15,762 |
| International College of Broadcasting | 11% |
$0 |
$15,037 |
$15,037 |
| Daymar College | 18% |
$0 |
$14,810 |
$14,810 |
| Daymar College | 17% |
$0 |
$13,400 |
$13,400 |
| Academy of Court Reporting-Cleveland | 13% |
$0 |
$12,790 |
$12,790 |
| Antonelli College | 19% |
$0 |
$12,332 |
$12,332 |
| The Art Institute of Cincinnati | 21% |
$0 |
$11,804 |
$11,804 |
| Daymar College | 13% |
$0 |
$6,081 |
$6,081 |
| Ohio College of Massotherapy Inc | 11% |
$0 |
$5,729 |
$5,729 |
| Bryant and Stratton College-Eastlake Campus | 16% |
$0 |
$2,210 |
$2,210 |
| Bryant and Stratton College-Parma | 12% |
$0 |
$2,198 |
$2,198 |
| Good Samaritan College of Nursing & Health Science | 4% |
$0 |
$456 |
$456 |
| University of Cincinnati-Clermont College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| University of Cincinnati-Raymond Walters College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Kaplan College-Columbus Campus | 24% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Ohio Institute of Health Careers | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Miami-Jacobs Career College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology | 16% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Remington College-Cleveland West Campus | 11% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Tri-State Bible College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Remington College-Cleveland Campus | 19% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Rosedale Bible College | 19% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Miami-Jacobs Career College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Tri-State College | 0% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Vatterott College-Cleveland | 7% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Ohio Technical College | 22% |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |