Private for-profit · Community college
Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Draper, Utah · Large suburb
- 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.
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
- Nearest big city
- 16 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- 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
More selective than 75% · #1 most selective of 2 in Utah
Higher than 41% · #32 of 41 in Utah
Higher than 75%
Higher than 90% · #5 of 33 in Utah
Cheaper than 12% · #34 cheapest of 35 in Utah
Lower than 6%
Lower than 67%
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
- Undergraduate2,05899%
- Graduate151%
Undergraduates by gender
- 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)
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.
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.
$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.
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.
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
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Draper-Point OF Mtn, UT US station (2.8 mi from campus).
What Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences 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.













