Mansfield Times

In-state tuition and fees rose 8.8 percent for 2018-19 at North Central State College, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Ohio residents paid $3,998 to attend the two-year public institution this year – $407 more than the $3,591 charged for 2017-18.

Non-resident students would have paid 100 percent more than residents this year, or $7,996. Non-resident tuition and fees grew 11.3 percent from $7,181 in 2017-18.

100 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Ohio residents.

Data shows 90 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 266 students received grants or scholarships totaling $1.3 million and 89 students took out student loans totaling more than $229,095.

Including all undergraduates (2,963), 1,178 students used grants or scholarships totaling $4.7 million, and 617 students took out $1.9 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	2,963	$3,591	$3,591	$3,591	$3,998	11.3%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at North Central State College in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	188	57%	$900,429	$4,790
State / local grant or scholarship	54	16%	$164,418	$3,045
Institutional grants or scholarships	103	31%	$254,296	$2,469
Grant or scholarship aid total	266	81%	$1,319,143	$4,959
Federal student loans	88	27%	$218,245	$2,480
Other student loans	3	1%	$10,850	$3,617
Student loan aid	89	27%	$229,095	$2,574
Total student aid	294	90%	-	-