UPMC St.
Margaret School of Nursing
Private College in Pittsburgh, PA. Six-year graduation rate 17%. Median 10-year earnings $67,327.
Ten-year median earnings of $67,327 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is the weak point: 17% graduate within six years. Graduates leave owing a median of $15,667 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Admissions
81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. With 104 applicants, admissions statistics here move a lot on small changes. Yield is low at 16%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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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A six-year graduation rate of 17% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. 100% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. 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. 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 91 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,572 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $21,898 at $0–30k versus $30,946 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 53% of students at an average of $5,286. Borrowing is widespread: 70% 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 · 6 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 | $21,898 |
| $30–48k | $14,141 |
| $48–75k | $24,924 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $30,946 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 64 of these 91 students, totalling $437,421 — an average of $6,835 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)