Western Pennsylvania
Hospital School of Nursing
Private College in Pittsburgh, PA. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $56,487.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $56,487 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $13,838.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.24 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 100% of applicants are accepted. The applicant pool is small at 25, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 76% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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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67% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. Just 58% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. At 14:1, 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. This is a small school — 145 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 145 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,829 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,089 at $0–30k, $27,938 at $110k+. About 66% get grants averaging $8,967, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 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 · 19 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 | $28,089 |
| $30–48k | $12,832 |
| $48–75k | $20,232 |
| $75–110k | $25,235 |
| $110k+ | $27,938 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 95 of these 145 students, totalling $630,446 — an average of $6,636 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)