Private nonprofit · Community college
Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing
Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Distant town
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $86,138
- Median earnings
Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Pottsville, Pennsylvania (distant town setting), enrolling 100 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Pottsville is a city and the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. King Charles II granted the land that would eventually become Pottsville to William Penn. This grant comprised all lands west and south of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers; present-day Pottsville was originally in Chester County. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Distant town
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 37 miles to Allentown, PA
- To the ocean
- 72 miles
- Nearest airport
- 39 miles to Lehigh Valley (ABE)
How Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing compares
Higher than 99% · #2 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 16%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 28%
Percentiles compare Joseph F McCloskey 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
- White79%
- Black6.0%
- Hispanic13%
- Asian1.0%
- Other or multiracial1.0%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 100
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 47%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 49%
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,865
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $86,138
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,400
- Students with federal loans
- 89%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 61%
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%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $86,138
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,400
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 17%
- Out-earn a HS grad
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Typical debt would take roughly 1.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 80°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 53.6″
- Annual snow
- 48″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Mahanoy City 2 N, PA US station (10.1 mi from campus).
What Joseph F McCloskey 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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- Tuition
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- Transfer
- —
- Earnings
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
- —
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- Students
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
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- Students
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- Tuition
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- Transfer
- 0%
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- Tuition
- —
- Transfer
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- Earnings
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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.