Galen Health Institutes-Richmond
For-profit College in Richmond, VA. Median 10-year earnings $61,480.
A decade after enrolling, the median Galen Health Institutes-Richmond student earns $61,480 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 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
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. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention drops to 50% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 374 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $23,353 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($24,486 versus $20,320), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 66% get grants averaging $6,273, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 90% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 17 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 | $24,486 |
| $30–48k | $20,760 |
| $48–75k | $28,656 |
| $75–110k | $24,387 |
| $110k+ | $20,320 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 335 of these 374 students, totalling $3,269,762 — an average of $9,760 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Chesterfield County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026