Heritage Valley
Health System School of Nursing
Private College in McKees Rocks, PA. Median 10-year earnings $79,831.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing accepts 82% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. Only 39 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 100% of admitted students go on to enroll, well above the typical rate.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing →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. 36% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 52 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $9,767 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $30–48k band pay $18,767 while those at $75–110k pay $29,767. Only 35% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. Federal borrowing is uncommon here at 23% 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 · 42 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 | — |
| $30–48k | $18,767 |
| $48–75k | $29,767 |
| $75–110k | $29,767 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 12 of these 52 students, totalling $114,500 — an average of $9,542 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny 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)