unitid 200800 · Akron, OH · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of Akron Main Campus
- enrollment 2023
- 15,253
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
60%
16th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
9,052
69th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
29%
undergrads on Pell grants
41st pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
62nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,284
71st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,946
after aid, aided students
59th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$46,600
after entry, Title IV students
39th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,250
81st pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,413 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k28%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k19%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $44,867
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,135
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 227 | $46,338 | $23,112 |
| Engineering, Other. | 197 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 169 | $74,140 | $27,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 122 | $87,380 | $25,125 |
| Law. | 120 | $77,421 | — |
| Biology, General. | 105 | $61,961 | $21,750 |
| Psychology, General. | 104 | $43,117 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 91 | $67,575 | $27,750 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 87 | $49,011 | $27,000 |
| Marketing. | 78 | $63,842 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 77 | $90,854 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 76 | $41,933 | $26,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.