Private nonprofit · Community college
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Medford, Massachusetts · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $101,466
- Median earnings
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Medford, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 174 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of European contact and exploration, Medford was the winter home of the Naumkeag people, who farmed corn and created fishing weirs at multiple sites along the Mystic River. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Boston, MA
- To the ocean
- 5 miles
- Nearest airport
- 7 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub
How Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing compares
Higher than 99% · #1 of 34 in Massachusetts
Lower than 6%
Lower than 95%
Larger than 41%
Percentiles compare Lawrence Memorial Hospital 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 Massachusetts.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women16092%
- Men148%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White38%
- Black21%
- Hispanic22%
- Asian3.5%
- Other or multiracial16%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 174
- Student–faculty ratio
- 6 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
- First-generation students
- 52%
- Students over 25
- 74%
- Median family income
- $35,123
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $83,358
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $31,038
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $1,150
- Total cost of attendance
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- Average net price
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Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $86,327
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $101,466
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,000
- Students with federal loans
- 77%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 62%
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
- $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)
- $101,466
- Typical debt at graduation
- $20,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 20%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 91%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.0 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
- 84°F
- Winter low
- 18°F
- Annual rain
- 50″
- Annual snow
- 63.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reading, MA US station (6.8 mi from campus).
What Lawrence Memorial Hospital 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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- —
- Transfer
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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.












