Which Ohio subject-area teacher education program has the lowest debt?

Cedarville University reports the lowest median federal debt, $21,000, with first-year pay of $38,378.

How much do subject-area teacher education graduates earn in Ohio?

The median across 14 Ohio subject-area teacher education bachelor's programs is $37,119 in the first year after graduating and $46,678 five years after.

Subject-Area Teacher Education (Bachelor's) Programs in Ohio, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many subject-area teacher education bachelor's programs are in Ohio?

14 Ohio programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

14 programs report first-year pay
13 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Ohio subject-area teacher education bachelor's program pays its graduates $37,119 in their first year, $6,123 less than the national median. University of Cincinnati reports the highest first-year pay ($43,618), and Cedarville University the lowest median debt ($21,000).

Median first-year pay$37,119National $43,242

Median pay after 5 years$46,678National $50,239

Median federal debt$27,000National $26,269

Debt-to-earnings75%National 60%

All 14 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	University of CincinnatiCincinnati · public	$43,618	$47,924	Not reported	Not reported
2	Ohio StateColumbus · public	$41,944	$49,306	$23,250	55%
3	Bowling Green StateBowling Green · public	$41,509	$46,039	$27,000	65%
4	Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea · private nonprofit	$40,306	Not reported	$27,000	67%
5	Miami UniversityOxford · public	$39,817	$47,090	$24,560	62%
6	Walsh UniversityNorth Canton · private nonprofit	$38,609	$44,154	$27,000	70%
7	Cedarville UniversityCedarville · private nonprofit	$38,378	Not reported	$21,000	55%
8	Kent StateKent · public	$35,860	$47,225	$26,750	75%
9	University of AkronAkron · public	$35,111	$46,247	$27,000	77%
10	Ashland UniversityAshland · private nonprofit	$34,223	$45,775	$27,000	79%
11	Youngstown StateYoungstown · public	$33,398	$44,174	$26,751	80%
12	Wright StateDayton · public	$33,137	$44,788	$26,000	78%
13	Capital UniversityColumbus · private nonprofit	$32,597	$49,188	$27,000	83%
14	Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon · private nonprofit	$32,508	$47,840	$27,000	83%

University of Cincinnati reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio subject-area teacher education program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 13 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

University of Cincinnati$43,618
Ohio State$41,944
Bowling Green State$41,509
Baldwin Wallace University$40,306
Miami University$39,817

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to subject-area teacher education, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

$77,370

Median pay in Ohio. 47,870 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 87,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $47,680Top 10%: $99,210

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

$78,800

Median pay in Ohio. 49,540 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $48,370Top 10%: $103,150

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

$77,090

Median pay in Ohio. 30,450 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 38,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $46,040Top 10%: $101,940

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

$36,370

Median pay in Ohio. 9,040 people work in this job in Ohio. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 68,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $24,040Top 10%: $59,290

Common questions

University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati reports the highest median first-year pay, $43,618.

Subject-Area Teacher Education (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked341 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Ohio rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the subject-area teacher education bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024