Galen College
of Nursing-ARH
For-profit College in Hazard, KY. Six-year graduation rate 63%. Median 10-year earnings $61,480.
A decade after enrolling, the median Galen College of Nursing-ARH student earns $61,480 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 63%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $24,166, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 63%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 60% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention drops to 34% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit two-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 424 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $21,168 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,159 at $0–30k, $28,731 at $110k+. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $8,371, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 92% take federal loans.
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 · 63 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 | $22,159 |
| $30–48k | $19,327 |
| $48–75k | $16,628 |
| $75–110k | $22,001 |
| $110k+ | $28,731 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 390 of these 424 students, totalling $3,361,199 — an average of $8,618 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Perry County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026