Private nonprofit · Community college
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
- $23,656
- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $79,831
- Median earnings
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 71 undergraduates.
About McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
McKees Rocks, also known as "The Rocks", is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The Adena culture built a large earthwork mound here, which was a burial site. It was augmented in later years by members of the Hopewell culture. This was the largest such mound in the state. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History excavated half the mound in 1896. McKees Rocks is the fictional setting of the novels Duffy's Rocks by Edward Fenton, Riot by William Trautmann, and more than a dozen novels by the crime writer K. C. Constantine. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
- To Great Lakes shore
- 105 miles
- Nearest airport
- 8 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub
How Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing compares
More selective than 50% · #24 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 4%
Higher than 99% · #4 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 21% · #119 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 89%
Larger than 20%
Percentiles compare Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White44%
- Black56%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 71
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 77%
- Median family income
- $35,000
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $22,800
- Room & board
- —
- Books & supplies
- $800
- Total cost of attendance
- $29,767
- Average net price
- $23,656
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
- 82.0%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
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- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
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- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
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Outcomes
- Graduated
- —
- First-year retention
- 36%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $54,571
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $79,831
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- Students with federal loans
- 23%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 63%
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%.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 85°F
- Winter low
- 20°F
- Annual rain
- 38.3″
- Annual snow
- 44.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Emsworth L/D Ohio Rvr, PA US station (2.2 mi from campus).
What Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing 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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Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing side by side →
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- Students
- 97
- Tuition
- $16k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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- Students
- 152
- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
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UPMC Mercy School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large city · 1 mi to Pittsburgh
- Students
- 308
- Tuition
- $16k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $68k
UPMC Jameson School of Nursing
New Castle, Pennsylvania · Fringe town · 16 mi to Youngstown
- Students
- 326
- Tuition
- $16k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $70k
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large city · 3 mi to Pittsburgh
- Students
- 164
- Tuition
- $13k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $56k
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large city · 3 mi to Pittsburgh
- Students
- 715
- Tuition
- $16k
- Transfer
- 0%
- Earnings
- $69k
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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.












