Private for-profit · Community college
Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City
Draper, Utah · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $28,324
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $61,480
- Median earnings
Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Draper, Utah (large suburb setting), enrolling 122 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Draper, Utah
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. In the fall of 1849, Ebenezer Brown brought cattle to graze along the mountain stream of South Willow Creek. Draper is home to the tech call center of PGP Corporation, the call center of Musician's Friend, and the headquarters of 1-800 Contacts, Control4, HealthEquity, and Pluralsight. Draper is also home to Utah's first IKEA, which opened in 2007. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Nearest big city
- 18 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- To the ocean
- 539 miles
- Nearest airport
- 20 miles to Salt Lake City (SLC) · major hub
How Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City compares
Higher than 47%
Higher than 96% · #1 of 33 in Utah
Cheaper than 11% · #35 cheapest of 35 in Utah
Lower than 3%
Lower than 73%
Larger than 33%
Percentiles compare Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City 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 Utah.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women10687%
- Men1613%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White67%
- Black4.1%
- Hispanic0.8%
- Asian4.1%
- Other or multiracial24%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 122
- Student–faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 54%
- First-generation students
- 49%
- Students over 25
- 63%
- Median family income
- $32,674
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $66,573
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
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- Books & supplies
- $1,350
- Total cost of attendance
- $37,969
- Average net price
- $28,324
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
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- First-year retention
- 71%
- 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
- 89%
- 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%.
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.
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
- 94°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 21.1″
- Annual snow
- 74.4″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Draper-Point OF Mtn, UT US station (1.1 mi from campus).
What Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City 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.