Reading Hospital
School of Health Sciences
Private College in Reading, PA. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $74,572.
Students who entered Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences reach a median of $74,572 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $20,885 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 29% of applicants are offered a place. The applicant pool is small at 106, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. 100% 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
Completion is the problem here: 33% graduate within six years. First-year retention is 65% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. At 7:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a private nonprofit two-year college, the relevant comparison is other two-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 270 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $24,321 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $25,732 at $30–48k, $29,377 at $110k+. 69% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,867 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 60% take federal loans.
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 | — |
| $30–48k | $25,732 |
| $48–75k | $26,679 |
| $75–110k | $29,377 |
| $110k+ | $29,377 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 162 of these 270 students, totalling $1,087,257 — an average of $6,711 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Berks 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)