Private nonprofit · Community college

Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

#4 for grad earnings in Pennsylvania
Transfer rate
$23,656
Avg net price
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.

Private nonprofitSmall · 71 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 82% admitCold wintersSnowy

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
To Great Lakes shore
105 miles
Nearest airport
8 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing compares

Selectivity82.0%

More selective than 50% · #24 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention36%

Higher than 4%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$79,831

Higher than 99% · #4 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$23,656

Cheaper than 21% · #119 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment71

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
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 %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

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.

< $30k
$30–48k
$18,767
$48–75k
$29,767
$75–110k
$29,767
$110k+

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

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.83.6JFMAMJJASOND

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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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.