Undergraduate certificate · Lima, Ohio
Is Ground Transportation at University of Northwestern Ohio worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,716
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $25k (likely $23k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $25k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 0.9–2.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $176k (likely $55k – $320k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $441k (likely $200k – $757k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$72,208
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$71,831
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Associate's)$59,801
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$58,429
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,392
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$55,384
- Agricultural Business and Management (Associate's)$54,960
- Agricultural Mechanization (Associate's)$52,943
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$52,038
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$49,026
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$41,418
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$40,653
Ground Transportation at other schools in Ohio
- Hamrick School$52,262
- Mid-EastCTC-Adult Education$51,733