Southern State Community College

Hillsboro, Ohio

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 761 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,692

Computers and IT

  • Computer Systems AnalysisAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,333

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 18 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 36 finishedGraduates here earned $73,942 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (8)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 21 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 135 finishedGraduates here earned $28,614 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Real EstateCertificate · 29 finishedNationally: $45,163
  • Security Science and TechnologyAssociate degreeNationally: $39,731
  • Social WorkAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $34,827
  • Teaching Assistants/AidesAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $28,477
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$7,066$30–48k$7,758$48–75k$8,475$75–110k$10,165Over $110k$13,002Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,691per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$14,369sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$6,062Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
11%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
43%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$38,4126 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$40,25410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$14,762federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
25%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
30%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Southern State Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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