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Galen College of Nursing-Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky · Large city

#3 for grad earnings in Kentucky
Admit rate
$18,540
Avg net price
61%
Graduation rate
$61,480
Median earnings

Galen College of Nursing-Louisville is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Louisville, Kentucky (large city setting), enrolling 4,801 undergraduates.

Private for-profitMidsize · 4,801 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. The history of Louisville spans hundreds of years, and has been influenced by the area's geography and proximity to the Falls of the Ohio River. Louisville is home to many annual cultural events. Perhaps most well known is the Kentucky Derby, held annually during the first Saturday of May. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To Great Lakes shore
248 miles
Nearest airport
15 miles to Louisville Muhammad Ali (SDF) · major hub

How Galen College of Nursing-Louisville compares

Graduation rate61%

Higher than 63% · #7 of 30 in Kentucky

First-year retention80%

Higher than 61%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$61,480

Higher than 70% · #3 of 29 in Kentucky

Average net price$18,540

Cheaper than 57% · #16 cheapest of 29 in Kentucky

Median debt at graduation$24,166

Lower than 44%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 59%

Undergraduate enrollment4,801

Larger than 77%

Percentiles compare Galen College of Nursing-Louisville with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Kentucky.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

5,585students
  • Undergraduate4,80186%
  • Graduate78414%

Undergraduates by gender

4,801undergrads
  • Women4,18387%
  • Men61813%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White49%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic6.5%
  • Asian3.1%
  • Other or multiracial27%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,801
Graduate enrollment
784
Student–faculty ratio
12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
25%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
84%
Median family income
$32,674
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$62,145

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
$18,540

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 (within 6 years)
61%
Graduated on time (4 years)
23%
First-year retention
80%
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
35%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
35%

About 39% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
23%
Low-income (Pell)
57%
First-generation
58%

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 (5,585 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.

< $30k
$18,116
$30–48k
$19,186
$48–75k
$18,381
$75–110k
$21,056
$110k+
$23,490

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$90,966

$18,381/year × about 4.9 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

16%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$6,477
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 16% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,477. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 413 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

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.

Solid value

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.

Women
$60,125
Men
$69,868

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
88°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
52.9″
Annual snow
15.1″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.05.9JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Crestwood 4NE, KY US station (7.2 mi from campus).

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.