Private for-profit · Community college
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $28,785
- Avg net price
- 57%
- Grad / completion
- $61,480
- Median earnings
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large suburb setting), enrolling 645 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is the most populous city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Two years after the founding of the settlement then known as "Losantiville", Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory, changed its name to "Cincinnati", possibly at the suggestion of the surveyor Israel Ludlow, in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati. Cincinnati was platted and proliferated by American settlers, including Scotch Irish, frontiersmen, and keelboaters. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Bachelor's
- Nearest big city
- 15 miles to Cincinnati, OH
- To Great Lakes shore
- 165 miles
- Nearest airport
- 13 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)
How Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati compares
Higher than 45% · #101 of 168 in Ohio
Higher than 70%
Higher than 96% · #6 of 157 in Ohio
Cheaper than 10% · #142 cheapest of 155 in Ohio
Lower than 3%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 67%
Percentiles compare Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati 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 Ohio.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women56287%
- Men8313%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White47%
- Black28%
- Hispanic1.7%
- Asian4.3%
- Other or multiracial19%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 645
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 67%
- Median family income
- $32,674
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $65,862
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $18,048
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $1,350
- Total cost of attendance
- $34,842
- Average net price
- $28,785
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 57%
- First-year retention
- 83%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $58,951
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $61,480
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,166
- Students with federal loans
- 86%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 35%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
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
- Free
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
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (645 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.
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.
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.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $61,480
- Typical debt at graduation
- $24,166
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 39%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 74%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
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.
Men out-earn women by $9,743 (16%) 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
- 87°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 41.4″
- Annual snow
- 16″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Milford, OH US station (8.2 mi from campus).
What Galen College of Nursing-Cincinnati 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.