International Business at Ohio University-Southern Campus

Ohio University-Southern's International Business program posts numbers that look strong on paper—$57,396 starting salary with moderate $27,000 debt—but the extremely small sample size (under 30 graduates) means these figures could shift dramatically year to year. That said, the program matches Ohio's median for this field and sits at the 60th percentile statewide, suggesting it performs consistently with other OU campuses across the state.

The debt load is notably lower than most competitors, landing in just the 5th percentile nationally. Combined with first-year earnings that exceed the national median by $7,500, graduates start with a manageable 0.47 debt-to-earnings ratio. That's a solid foundation if these numbers hold—you're looking at roughly six months of salary to cover total student debt.

The challenge here is reliability. With so few graduates in the dataset, one particularly successful cohort could be skewing these results upward, while a future class might see very different outcomes. If your child is seriously considering this program, dig deeper: ask about placement rates, where recent graduates actually work, and whether the small class size means limited networking opportunities or personalized attention. The financial profile suggests reasonable value, but you need more data points before betting on consistency.