Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Galen College of Nursing-Louisville operates as a private for-profit institution located in Louisville, Kentucky (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 4,801 students of which 6,152 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. Galen College of Nursing-Louisville 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. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,540 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,166, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 62.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.6%. Graduates earn a median of $61,480 ten years after enrolling, compared with $58,951 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 384000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 77.7% 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.