Private for-profit · Community college

Hondros College of Nursing

Columbus, Ohio · Large city

2%
Transfer rate: $26,014
Avg net price: 21%
Grad / completion: $58,636
Median earnings

Hondros College of Nursing is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Columbus, Ohio (large city setting), enrolling 3,857 undergraduates.

Private for-profitMidsize · 3,857 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 85% admitCold winters

About Columbus, Ohio

Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Between 1000 B.C. and 1700 A.D., the Columbus metropolitan area was a center to indigenous cultures known as the Mound Builders, including the Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient peoples. Remaining physical evidence of the cultures are their burial mounds and what they contained. Columbus has over 170 notable buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it also maintains its own register, the Columbus Register of Historic Properties, with 82 entries. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 10 miles to Columbus, OH
To Great Lakes shore: 92 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to John Glenn Columbus (CMH) · major hub

How Hondros College of Nursing compares

Selectivity85.3%

More selective than 47% · #9 most selective of 15 in Ohio

Graduation rate21%

Higher than 5% · #159 of 168 in Ohio

First-year retention70%

Higher than 43%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$58,636

Higher than 95% · #12 of 157 in Ohio

Average net price$26,014

Cheaper than 16% · #132 cheapest of 155 in Ohio

Median debt at graduation$15,833

Lower than 12%

Student–faculty ratio17 : 1

Lower than 44%

Undergraduate enrollment3,857

Larger than 89%

Percentiles compare Hondros College 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 Ohio.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women3,56292%
Men2958%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White26%
Black59%
Hispanic2.0%
Asian2.1%
Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 3,857
Student–faculty ratio: 17 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 71%
First-generation students: 53%
Students over 25: 78%
Median family income: $23,351
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $61,398

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,817
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,524
Total cost of attendance: $30,681
Average net price: $26,014

Admissions

Admission rate: 85.3%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 21%
First-year retention: 70%
Transferred to another college: 2%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $49,239
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $58,636
Median debt at graduation: $15,833
Students with federal loans: 88%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 23%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

21%

Low-income (Pell)

45%

First-generation

44%

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: $25

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

$25,116

$30–48k

$26,142

$48–75k

$27,495

$75–110k

$29,441

$110k+

$30,681

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

10%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,079

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 10% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,079. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 198 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $58,636
Typical debt at graduation: $15,833
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: 74%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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

$56,329

Men

$70,703

Men out-earn women by $14,374 (26%) 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: 86°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 42.2″
Annual snow: 19″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Westerville, OH US station (2.8 mi from campus).

What Hondros College of Nursing graduates study — and earn

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

661 grads$46k 1 yr$52k 5 yr$22k debt

661$46,269$52,369$22,120 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssoc.

454 grads$71k 1 yr$71k 5 yr$41k debt

454$70,840$70,933$40,774 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

— grads$74k 1 yr$82k 5 yr$43k debt

—$74,394$82,353$42,803

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.