Private for-profit · Community college

Galen Health Institutes-Richmond

Richmond, Virginia · Large suburb

#5 for grad earnings in Virginia

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Transfer rate: $23,843
Avg net price: —
Grad / completion: $61,480
Median earnings

Galen Health Institutes-Richmond is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Richmond, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 454 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 454 undergradsLarge suburbCold wintersNear the coast

About Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the U.S. state of Virginia. After the first permanent English-speaking settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in April 1607, Captain Christopher Newport led explorers northwest up the James River to an inhabited area in the Powhatan Nation, which takes its name from the location Pawat-hanne, or "falls in a stream," referring to the falls in the James River at present day Richmond, specifically Powhatan Hill. The Virginia Historical Society and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts are on the Boulevard. Nearby is the Science Museum of Virginia, housed on Broad Street in the neoclassical former 1919 Broad Street Union Station. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 6 miles to Richmond, VA
To the ocean: 18 miles
Nearest airport: 11 miles to Richmond (RIC) · major hub

How Galen Health Institutes-Richmond compares

First-year retention76%

Higher than 57%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$61,480

Higher than 96% · #5 of 62 in Virginia

Average net price$23,843

Cheaper than 21% · #50 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$24,166

Lower than 3%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment454

Larger than 61%

Percentiles compare Galen Health Institutes-Richmond 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 Virginia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women39687%
Men5813%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White24%
Black45%
Hispanic3.1%
Asian2.9%
Other or multiracial25%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 454
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 85%
Median family income: $32,674
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $63,144

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,364
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,350
Total cost of attendance: $31,963
Average net price: $23,843

Outcomes

Graduated: —
First-year retention: 76%
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: 90%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 35%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

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

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

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

$24,486

$30–48k

$20,760

$48–75k

$28,656

$75–110k

$24,387

$110k+

$20,320

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): $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: 90°F
Winter low: 29°F
Annual rain: 45.5″
Annual snow: 8.8″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Richmond Intl AP, VA US station (11.4 mi from campus).

What Galen Health Institutes-Richmond graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

0 grads$68k 1 yr$78k 5 yr$35k debt

0$68,114$78,480$34,859

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.