Galen College
of Nursing-Louisville
For-profit College in Louisville, KY. Six-year graduation rate 23%. Median 10-year earnings $61,480.
Ten-year median earnings of $61,480 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is the weak point: 23% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $24,166, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
- ! Graduation rate 23% — below national average
Academics
Only 23% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Retention is strong at 80%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 32% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,152 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,734 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $18,116 at $0–30k against $23,490 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 87% of students receive it, averaging $7,104. About 35% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 647 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 | $18,116 |
| $30–48k | $19,186 |
| $48–75k | $18,381 |
| $75–110k | $21,056 |
| $110k+ | $23,490 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,145 of these 6,152 students, totalling $17,464,531 — an average of $8,142 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Jefferson County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)