Joyce University
of Nursing and Health Sciences
For-profit College in Draper, UT. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $49,841.
Students who entered Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences land at a median of $49,841 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 52%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, 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
Admissions
62% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. Only 341 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 80% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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
Academics
52% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 86%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 53% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,892 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $28,110 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. Net price varies modestly by income — $28,811 at $0–30k against $27,379 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $536. About 43% 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 · 129 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 | $28,811 |
| $30–48k | $27,656 |
| $48–75k | $27,954 |
| $75–110k | $28,120 |
| $110k+ | $27,379 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 820 of these 1,892 students, totalling $2,320,524 — an average of $2,830 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Salt Lake 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)