Associate's · Blue Ash, Ohio

Is Dental Support Services and Allied Professions at University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $68,084; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $76,991; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $18,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $29k (likely $29k – $40k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OH; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.3 years (likely 1.0–1.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $261k (likely $170k – $377k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $723k (likely $503k – $985k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 15%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26