Private nonprofit · Community college

Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science

Cincinnati, Ohio · Large city

#1 most selective in Ohio#4 for grad earnings in Ohio
27%
Transfer rate
$19,622
Avg net price
73%
Grad / completion
$66,111
Median earnings

Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Cincinnati, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 690 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 690 undergradsLarge citySelective · 46% admitCold winters

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 city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
178 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (LUK)

How Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science compares

Selectivity45.7%

More selective than 86% · #1 most selective of 15 in Ohio

Graduation rate73%

Higher than 66% · #61 of 168 in Ohio

Earnings, 10 years after entry$66,111

Higher than 98% · #4 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$19,622

Cheaper than 34% · #100 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$20,625

Lower than 6%

Student–faculty ratio9 : 1

Lower than 86%

Undergraduate enrollment690

Larger than 68%

Percentiles compare Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science 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

690undergrads
  • Women62791%
  • Men639%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White61%
  • Black32%
  • Hispanic4.7%
  • Asian2.3%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
690
Student–faculty ratio
9 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
51%
First-generation students
46%
Students over 25
53%
Median family income
$50,996
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$51,426
Endowment
$6,125,810

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$15,470
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,650
Total cost of attendance
$26,627
Average net price
$19,622

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
45.7%
Test scores
Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated
73%
First-year retention
Transferred to another college
27%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$61,177
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$66,111
Median debt at graduation
$20,625
Students with federal loans
74%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
53%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
73%
Low-income (Pell)
62%
First-generation
63%

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%.

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 (690 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
$17,891
$30–48k
$14,532
$48–75k
$13,724
$75–110k
$23,704
$110k+
$24,269

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)
$66,111
Typical debt at graduation
$20,625
Debt vs. one year's pay
31%
Out-earn a HS grad
86%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 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
$62,460
Men
$84,365

Men out-earn women by $21,905 (35%) 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
85°F
Winter low
22°F
Annual rain
48.2″
Annual snow
16″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.65.2JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Cheviot, OH US station (5.6 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.