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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

Cincinnati, Ohio Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College is a public four-year institution based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The campus sits in a large city. It enrolled 9,683 students in fall 2024.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 105 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Aeronautical, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 1,782 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 19 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 50% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
9,683
Students enrolled
50%
First-year retention
1,782
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
105
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 105

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Business, Management and Marketing 18
Engineering Technologies 21
Health Professions 25
Computer and Information Sciences 8
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 3
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Communications Technologies 4
Precision Production 1
Education 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 1
Legal Professions and Studies 2
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 3
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Engineering 1
Science Technologies 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
50%
First-year retention, part-time students
13%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
18
Associate degrees
777
Certificates under 1 year
430
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
557

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
9,683
Undergraduates, fall 2024
9,683
Full-time, fall 2024
21%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
14,494
Full-time, 2024-25
18%
Size category
5,000 to 9,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
61%
Men
39%
White
52%
Hispanic or Latino
5%
Black or African American
26%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
2%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
19
Programs with a fully online option
18
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
25%
Students taking some online courses
34%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Career & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional
President
Monica Posey, EdD
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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