Private nonprofit · School

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing

Saint Louis, Missouri · Large city

#5 for grad earnings in Missouri
Admit rate
Avg net price
Graduation rate
$84,393
Median earnings

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Saint Louis, Missouri (large city setting), enrolling 446 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 446 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Saint Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. Due to numerous major earthworks within St. Louis boundaries, the city was nicknamed "Mound City". These mounds were mostly demolished during the city's development. Sugarloaf Mound in South St. Louis was repatriated to the Osage Nation in 2025. The same year as the 1904 World's Fair, the Strassberger Music Conservatory Building was constructed at 2300 Grand. Otto Wilhelmi was the architect. In 1911, the conservatory had over 1,100 students. The building is presently in the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
Nearest big city
3 miles to St. Louis, MO
To Great Lakes shore
257 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub

How Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing compares

Earnings, 10 years after entry$84,393

Higher than 93% · #5 of 53 in Missouri

Median debt at graduation$16,750

Lower than 87%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 83%

Undergraduate enrollment446

Larger than 20%

Percentiles compare Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Missouri.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

538students
  • Undergraduate44683%
  • Graduate9217%

Undergraduates by gender

446undergrads
  • Women39087%
  • Men5613%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White60%
  • Black24%
  • Asian3.8%
  • Other or multiracial12%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
446
Graduate enrollment
92
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
24%
First-generation students
31%
Students over 25
50%
Median family income
$41,515
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$73,386
Endowment
$42,166,731

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Outcomes

Graduated
First-year retention
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$71,761
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$84,393
Median debt at graduation
$16,750
Students with federal loans
67%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
80%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

Low-income (Pell)
80%
First-generation
87%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$50

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
1.9 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
3

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (539 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

1.0reported offenses a year
0 violent a year1.0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Motor vehicle theft
1.0

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$84,393
Typical debt at graduation
$16,750
Debt vs. one year's pay
20%
Out-earn a HS grad
90%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$81,523
Men
$102,057

Men out-earn women by $20,534 (25%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
90°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
43.9″
Annual snow
13.8″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.54.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Louis Sci Ctr, MO US station (0.8 mi from campus).

What Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing graduates study — and earn

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.