UPMC Shadyside
School of Nursing
Private College in Pittsburgh, PA. Six-year graduation rate 75%. Median 10-year earnings $68,801.
Ten-year median earnings of $68,801 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 75% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $19,666, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.29 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 75% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 78% puts UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool is small at 653, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 6% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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
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75% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 37% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. At 8:1, 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. At 595 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 595 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,250 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $22,860 at $0–30k versus $32,411 at $110k+. 51% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,452 — common but not automatic. 64% 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 · 30 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 | $22,860 |
| $30–48k | $29,479 |
| $48–75k | — |
| $75–110k | $29,549 |
| $110k+ | $32,411 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 383 of these 595 students, totalling $2,926,236 — an average of $7,640 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Allegheny 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)