Private for-profit · Community college

Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Draper, Utah · Large suburb

#5 for grad earnings in Utah
0%
Transfer rate
$28,039
Avg net price
54%
Grad / completion
$49,841
Median earnings

Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Draper, Utah (large suburb setting), enrolling 2,058 undergraduates.

Private for-profitMidsize · 2,058 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 62% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Draper, Utah

Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. In the fall of 1849, Ebenezer Brown brought cattle to graze along the mountain stream of South Willow Creek. Draper is home to the tech call center of PGP Corporation, the call center of Musician's Friend, and the headquarters of 1-800 Contacts, Control4, HealthEquity, and Pluralsight. Draper is also home to Utah's first IKEA, which opened in 2007. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
540 miles
Nearest airport
19 miles to Salt Lake City (SLC) · major hub

How Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences compares

Selectivity61.9%

More selective than 75% · #1 most selective of 2 in Utah

Graduation rate54%

Higher than 41% · #32 of 41 in Utah

First-year retention86%

Higher than 75%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$49,841

Higher than 90% · #5 of 33 in Utah

Average net price$28,039

Cheaper than 12% · #34 cheapest of 35 in Utah

Median debt at graduation$20,000

Lower than 6%

Student–faculty ratio13 : 1

Lower than 67%

Undergraduate enrollment2,058

Larger than 82%

Percentiles compare Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences 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 Utah.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

2,073students
  • Undergraduate2,05899%
  • Graduate151%

Undergraduates by gender

2,058undergrads
  • Women1,65380%
  • Men40520%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White69%
  • Black4.9%
  • Hispanic11%
  • Asian4.0%
  • Other or multiracial12%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
2,058
Graduate enrollment
15
Student–faculty ratio
13 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
70%
First-generation students
38%
Students over 25
59%
Median family income
$34,918
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$67,320

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$21,680
Room & board
Books & supplies
$2,066
Total cost of attendance
$30,016
Average net price
$28,039

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
61.9%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
54%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
86%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$45,177
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$49,841
Median debt at graduation
$20,000
Students with federal loans
43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
22%

About 54% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
0%
Low-income (Pell)
85%
First-generation
81%

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
Free

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 (2,073 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
$28,811
$30–48k
$27,656
$48–75k
$27,954
$75–110k
$28,120
$110k+
$27,379

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.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$153,747

$27,954/year × about 5.5 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years)
$49,841
Typical debt at graduation
$20,000
Debt vs. one year's pay
40%
Out-earn a HS grad
69%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.0 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
$46,698
Men
$64,044

Men out-earn women by $17,346 (37%) 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
94°F
Winter low
25°F
Annual rain
21.1″
Annual snow
74.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.01.32.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Draper-Point OF Mtn, UT US station (2.8 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.