Nightingale College
For-profit College in Salt Lake City, UT. Six-year graduation rate 26%. Median 10-year earnings $27,126.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $27,126, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 26% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,250, 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
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.93 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 26% — below national average
Academics
Only 26% finish within six years, so roughly three in four students leave without the credential. Just 50% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 6,969 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $29,077 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($28,472 versus $34,034), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is limited — 48% of students receive any. Most students borrow — 78% 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 · 176 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 | $28,472 |
| $30–48k | $29,914 |
| $48–75k | $31,759 |
| $75–110k | $32,986 |
| $110k+ | $34,034 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 5,470 of these 6,969 students, totalling $58,941,585 — an average of $10,775 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)