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The Nurse Academy

For-profit College in National City, CA.

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Academics

Full-time retention
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Transfer-out rate
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Student:faculty
20:1

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. The student-faculty ratio is 20:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a for-profit short-program school, 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

Average net price
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Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
80%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
76%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 46 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. About 80% get grants averaging $5,446, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 76% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.

Federal student loans went to 35 of these 46 students, totalling $295,407 — an average of $8,440 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (San Diego County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$2,288/mo
1 bedroom
$2,459/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$3,001/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
9
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate The Nurse Academy

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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