Galen Health Institutes-Roanoke
For-profit College in Roanoke, VA. Median 10-year earnings $61,480.
A decade after enrolling, the median Galen Health Institutes-Roanoke student earns $61,480 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Graduates carry a median of $24,166 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
This institution reports no six-year graduation rate. The federal measure only follows first-time, full-time students, so schools built around part-time or transfer enrollment often fall outside it entirely. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. Being a for-profit two-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. This is a small school — 173 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 173 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,916 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($26,480 versus $26,440), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 78% get grants averaging $6,439, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 87% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 30 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 | $26,480 |
| $30–48k | $27,822 |
| $48–75k | $30,664 |
| $75–110k | $26,440 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 150 of these 173 students, totalling $1,378,115 — an average of $9,187 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Roanoke County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026