Sentara College of Health Sciences

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Sentara College of Health Sciences

Sentara College of Health Sciences operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Chesapeake, Virginia (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 242 students of which 345 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Sentara College of Health Sciences is categorized as “26” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. Net price data is not yet reported and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,450, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable. Graduates earn a median of $77,821 ten years after enrolling, compared with $78,992 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 21500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 87.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.