Clark State College
Average Annual Cost
The average annual net price that a student who receives federal financial aid pays to cover expenses (e.g. tuition, living expenses, etc.) to attend the school's largest program. Net price is the program's cost of attendance minus any grants and scholarships received. For public schools, this is only the average cost for in-state students. Negative cost values indicate that the average grant/scholarship aid exceeded the cost of attendance.
Est. Student Population
Healthcare Programs
About Clark State College
Clark State Community College, located in Springfield, Ohio, was founded in 1962. The school offers degree and certificate programs, focusing on technical and career development.
Clark State Community College offers the following healthcare-related courses:
Medical Assisting - Certificate
The Medical Assistant program at Clark State Community College aims to prepare students for an entry-level medical assisting position. Students will learn both the administrative and clinical side of medical assisting, like bookkeeping, sterilizing instruments, and removing sutures. After completing the program, students can apply to take certification exams.
Occupational Therapy Assistant (Consortium Program) - Degree
Clark State Community College offers a Occupational Therapy Assistant program in consortium with Rhodes State. Students will learn how to assist an occupational therapist and how to help their clients with their occupational therapy.
Practical Nursing - Certificate
Clark State Community College's one-year Practical Nursing program aims to prepare students for entry-level practical nursing careers. Students will learn about important topics in the sphere of nursing, like pharmacology, caring for adults, and caring for women and children. After completing the program, students may apply for the NCLEX-PN exam.
Recent news about Clark State College
If the program receives final approval by the Higher Learning Commission, it will launch with the Fall 2025 semester.
The US Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Community College Alliance for Agriculture Advancement, of which Clark State College is a founding member, to create a hub for agriculture students of two-year institutions.
The partnership allows anyone employed at Mercy Health to access a Clark State College education with deferred tuition payments to help lessen financial burdens.
The Super RAPIDS Grant from the ODHE focuses on workforce development through education.
Tracy Yates was also named as an Extraordinary Woman of Clark County for 2023.
Clark State College students were in attendance at a free conference sponsored by Senator Sherrod Brown which is intended to expose and help students gain interest in civic engagement.
On September 13, anti-hazing advocate Kathleen Wiant will be on campus at Clark State College to speak about the dangers of hazing and how to speak out at a free event at the school’s Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center.
Kate Blackburn, who graduated from Clark State College and now works for Orange Barrel Media, has taken the lead in the redesign of the school’s logo.
After the death of Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Yates, his wife and alma mater, Clark State College, decided to honor him by starting a scholarship to benefit students working toward becoming law enforcement officers.
After 17 years of experience as an educator, with seven more as an academic leader, Dr. Scott Dolan is moving from his Director of Nursing at Clark State College position to become the new Dean of Health, Human, and Public Services there.
David Ball and Sharon Evans have been appointed chair and vice chair of the Clark State College Board of Trustees.
A $111,553 Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills program grant from the Ohio Department of Education will be used to buy equipment which administrators say will help the college prepare students with the skills needed by employers.
The donation is part of a $13 million Task Order headed by ARCTOS for the Air Force Research Lab to teach advanced manufacturing technologies at three community colleges in Ohio. Clark State will use its share to develop the infrastructure to educate highly skilled workers of the future.
Local teen, Lanna Kunzelman, has earned her associate degree from Clark State and is on track to earn a bachelor's degree by the time she is finished with high school.
Scott Dawson, associate professor of graphic design at CSCC, was selected to receive the 2021 Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition from the American Association of Community Colleges for making a difference in the classroom.
In collaboration with the Ohio Association of Community Colleges and the Association of College and University Educators, a group of Clark State professors will participate in a 25-week course to learn about evidence-based teaching strategies to improve online instruction and close common gaps in equity.