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Ohio Northern University · Ohio

Ohio Northern University Merit Aid

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The merit-aid verdict at Ohio Northern University

Ohio Northern rewards strong academics and creative talent with scholarships for diverse fields.

Rules that bite at Ohio Northern University

The trip wires we'd flag in a custom playbook. Each is derived from Ohio Northern University's own published policy, not generic advice.

displacementNo published displacement order
Ohio Northern University's policy doesn't specify whether outside scholarships hit loans, grants, or only the COA ceiling. Get a written aid-office answer before chasing private awards.

Who this school is for

Students with solid academic records and those with exceptional abilities in art, music, theatre, or English will find targeted opportunities here.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $63,490 for 2026-2027. Source

Federal cost and outcome data

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Ohio Northern University, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Ohio Northern University, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$18,525
$30,001–$48,000	$19,223
$48,001–$75,000	$22,336
$75,001–$110,000	$25,605
$110,001+	$27,710
All income levels (average)	$24,478

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $39,800
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $24,478

That works out to roughly a 54% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $53,580 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort: 75%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 84%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $80,928
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 26%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 60%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Ohio Northern University's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Ohio Northern University's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

Institutional merit aid tiers

Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.

$1,000

Icapp Scholarship

ApplicationRenewable

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Outside scholarship stacking policy

The Mathile Scholarship replaces all other ONU scholarships and awards.

The Mathile Scholarship replaces all other ONU scholarships and awards.

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Lesser-known scholarships at Ohio Northern University

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

Talent Award Non Music Major

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Talent Award for Non-Music Majors is available to students interested in participating in selected music groups and ensembles, regardless of major.

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Ohio Northern University merit aid FAQ

What is the deadline for Academic Merit Scholarships?
Students should submit their application by Dec. 1 for maximum scholarship consideration.

How Ohio Northern University compares across our verified dataset

135 of 750 verified schools in our dataset use unclear or unpublished displacement.
Ohio Northern University is in a recognizable cluster (135 schools share this category). That framing matters when comparing peer schools that may publish the policy differently or not at all.
135 of 750 verified schools publish no clear displacement order.
Ohio Northern University is one of them. The right move is the aid-office email script below, not a guess.
668 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Ohio Northern University is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Ohio Northern University’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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