Wright State University-Main Campus

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Wright State University-Main Campus

Wright State University-Main Campus operates as a public institution located in Dayton, Ohio (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 6,762 students of which 8,116 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Wright State University-Main Campus is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 96.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,415, with published in-state tuition of $11,522 and a Pell grant recipient share of 34.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $22,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.9%. Graduates earn a median of $49,500 ten years after enrolling, compared with $42,229 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 791600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.