Central School
of Practical Nursing
Private College in Independence, OH. Median 10-year earnings $50,672.
Students who entered Central School of Practical Nursing land at a median of $50,672 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Graduates leave owing a median of $9,500 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 78% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The 9:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit short-program school, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 88 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $20,883 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,280 at $0–30k against $23,974 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 99% of students get grant aid averaging $9,939, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 50% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 85 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,280 |
| $30–48k | $23,297 |
| $48–75k | $23,113 |
| $75–110k | $23,974 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 44 of these 88 students, totalling $292,048 — an average of $6,637 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Cuyahoga County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026