Saint Elizabeth
School of Nursing
Private College in Lafayette, IN. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $65,230.
Students who entered Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing reach a median of $65,230 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $26,213, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Admission is not the constraint here: 89% of applicants are accepted. Only 18 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is high — 88% 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 Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing →Academics
64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention is strong at 93%, 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. At 8:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit two-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 131 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,148 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $30–48k band pay $8,762 while those at $110k+ pay $28,157. 77% of students receive grant aid, averaging $12,396 — common but not automatic. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 14 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 | $8,762 |
| $48–75k | $23,034 |
| $75–110k | $21,156 |
| $110k+ | $28,157 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 87 of these 131 students, totalling $786,528 — an average of $9,041 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tippecanoe 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)