Private nonprofit · Community college

Citizens School of Nursing

Tarentum, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate
$28,480
Avg net price
60%
Grad / completion
$69,939
Median earnings

Citizens School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Tarentum, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 152 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 152 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 83% admitCold winters

About Tarentum, Pennsylvania

Tarentum is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, approximately 22 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, located along the Allegheny River. In the 1750s a Shawnee trader named Peter Chartier had briefly operated a trading post in this area. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To Great Lakes shore
104 miles
Nearest airport
23 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Citizens School of Nursing compares

Selectivity83.3%

More selective than 49% · #25 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate60%

Higher than 49% · #98 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention31%

Higher than 3%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$69,939

Higher than 98% · #8 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$28,480

Cheaper than 11% · #140 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$15,250

Lower than 13%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 82%

Undergraduate enrollment152

Larger than 37%

Percentiles compare Citizens School of Nursing with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

152undergrads
  • Women13891%
  • Men149%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White84%
  • Black7.9%
  • Hispanic0.7%
  • Asian2.0%
  • Other or multiracial5.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
152
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
42%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
55%
Median family income
$36,353

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

Cost

In-state tuition
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
Average net price
$28,480

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Admissions

Admission rate
83.3%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated
60%
First-year retention
31%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$65,501
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$69,939
Median debt at graduation
$15,250
Students with federal loans
77%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
64%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
60%
Low-income (Pell)
72%

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%.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$26,654
$30–48k
$48–75k
$26,196
$75–110k
$29,578
$110k+
$29,252

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$69,939
Typical debt at graduation
$15,250
Debt vs. one year's pay
22%
Out-earn a HS grad
86%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 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
$68,958
Men
$78,303

Men out-earn women by $9,345 (14%) 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
83°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
44.5″
Annual snow
25″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.34.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Acmetonia Lock 3, PA US station (2.7 mi from campus).

What Citizens 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.