unitid 202134 · Cleveland, OH · public 4-year · city (large)
Cleveland State University
- enrollment 2023
- 16,999
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
74th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,969
69th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
74th pctl among public 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
60th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,159
77th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,764
after aid, aided students
64th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,131
after entry, Title IV students
55th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,797
71st 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 $11,958 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
- 0-30k30%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $33,556
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $12,988
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Science/Studies. | 300 | — | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 211 | $67,850 | $27,500 |
| Psychology, General. | 210 | $41,670 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 201 | $90,235 | — |
| Computer Science. | 155 | — | — |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | 142 | — | $27,000 |
| Law. | 119 | $85,742 | — |
| Social Work. | 117 | $56,700 | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 99 | $52,698 | $26,750 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 91 | $60,137 | $29,001 |
| Biology, General. | 85 | $49,572 | $26,144 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 83 | $83,818 | $25,000 |
— 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.