Riverside College of Health Careers

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Riverside College of Health Careers

Riverside College of Health Careers operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Newport News, Virginia (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 350 students of which 467 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. Riverside College of Health Careers is categorized as “10” 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. The reported admission rate is 12.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,744, with published in-state tuition of $17,250 and a Pell grant recipient share of 46.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $14,787, 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 $66,072 ten years after enrolling, compared with $54,261 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 25600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 84.6% 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.