Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing

Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 164 students of which 165 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. Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing is categorized as “-2” 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 100.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,163, with published in-state tuition of $13,410 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,838, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 67.7% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $56,487 ten years after enrolling, compared with $61,692 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 7000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 86.1% 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.