Private nonprofit · Community college
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences
Reading, Pennsylvania · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $28,415
- Avg net price
- 33%
- Grad / completion
- $74,572
- Median earnings
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Reading, Pennsylvania (small city setting), enrolling 294 undergraduates.
About Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Colony of Pennsylvania was a 1680 land grant from King Charles II of England to William Penn. Large employers based in Reading and surrounding communities include Boscov's, EnerSys, Carpenter, Penske Truck Leasing, and Redner's Markets. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 27 miles to Lancaster, PA
- To the ocean
- 45 miles
- Nearest airport
- 23 miles to Lancaster (LNS)
How Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences compares
More selective than 95% · #3 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 17% · #129 of 151 in Pennsylvania
Higher than 33%
Higher than 99% · #6 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Cheaper than 11% · #139 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 5%
Lower than 92%
Larger than 53%
Percentiles compare Reading Hospital School of 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women26389%
- Men3111%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White65%
- Black7.8%
- Hispanic21%
- Asian3.4%
- Other or multiracial3.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 294
- Student–faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 39%
- First-generation students
- 53%
- Students over 25
- 50%
- Median family income
- $36,957
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 20 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Pennsylvania100%
Most first-years stay in state — Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences draws overwhelmingly from Pennsylvania.
Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $12,225
- Room & board
- $10,248
- Books & supplies
- $1,210
- Total cost of attendance
- $29,377
- Average net price
- $28,415
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
- 29.3%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 65%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $71,955
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $74,572
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,885
- Students with federal loans
- 60%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 66%
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
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 32
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 11%
- Housing charge (year)
- $9,937
- Application fee
- $30
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%.
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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $74,572
- Typical debt at graduation
- $20,885
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 28%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 84%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.8 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.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $6,243 (9%) 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
- 23°F
- Annual rain
- 45.2″
- Annual snow
- 21.3″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Reading Spaatz Fld, PA US station (2.9 mi from campus).
What Reading Hospital School of 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.