Private nonprofit · Community college

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing

Brockton, Massachusetts · Large suburb

#1 most selective in Massachusetts#2 for grad earnings in Massachusetts

67%
Transfer rate: $22,761
Avg net price: 33%
Grad / completion: $88,084
Median earnings

Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Brockton, Massachusetts (large suburb setting), enrolling 146 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 146 undergradsLarge suburbVery selective · 34% admitCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Brockton, Massachusetts

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. In 1649, Ousamequin (Massasoit) sold the surrounding Wampanoag land—then known as Saughtucket—to Myles Standish as an addition to Duxbury. Brockton was part of this area, which the English renamed Bridgewater. Brockton is home to the Brockton Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra founded in 1948. The orchestra performs five or six concerts per season at local venues such as Brockton's West Middle School Auditorium and the Oliver Ames Auditorium in the neighboring town of Easton. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 19 miles to Boston, MA
To the ocean: 11 miles
Nearest airport: 19 miles to Boston Logan (BOS) · major hub

How Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing compares

Selectivity34.2%

More selective than 93% · #1 most selective of 8 in Massachusetts

Graduation rate33%

Higher than 17% · #34 of 52 in Massachusetts

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$88,084

Higher than 99% · #2 of 34 in Massachusetts

Average net price$22,761

Cheaper than 24% · #34 cheapest of 52 in Massachusetts

Median debt at graduation$20,000

Lower than 6%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment146

Larger than 36%

Percentiles compare Signature Healthcare Brockton 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

Women13391%
Men139%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White54%
Black27%
Hispanic5.5%
Asian2.1%
Other or multiracial11%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 146
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 51%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 66%
Median family income: $30,457

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

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $22,761

Admissions

Admission rate: 34.2%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 33%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 67%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: —
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $88,084
Median debt at graduation: $20,000
Students with federal loans: 76%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 43%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

33%

Low-income (Pell)

76%

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

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

$14,737

$30–48k

$28,218

$48–75k

$19,070

$75–110k

$28,949

$110k+

$28,651

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): $88,084
Typical debt at graduation: $20,000
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 81%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.3 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

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: 21°F
Annual rain: 50.2″
Annual snow: 34.3″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Brockton, MA US station (2.9 mi from campus).

What Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

47 grads$69k 1 yr$81k 5 yr$27k debt

47$69,052$81,187$26,750

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.

Colleges similar to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing

Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing side by side →

Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences

Private

Reading, Pennsylvania · Small city · 27 mi to Lancaster

Students: 294
Tuition: $12k
Transfer: 0%
Earnings: $75k

Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland

Private

Suffern, New York · Large suburb · 29 mi to New York

Students: 152
Tuition: $13k
Transfer: —
Earnings: $90k

Laboure College of Healthcare

Private

Milton, Massachusetts · Large suburb · 7 mi to Boston

Students: 525
Tuition: $31k
Transfer: 0%
Earnings: $62k

Seminary Bnos Chaim

Private

Lakewood, New Jersey · Small city · 45 mi to New York

Students: 182
Tuition: $13k
Transfer: 0%
Earnings: —

Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing

Private

Medford, Massachusetts · Large suburb · 5 mi to Boston

Students: 174
Tuition: $31k
Transfer: —
Earnings: $101k

Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Private

Canton, Ohio · Small city · 21 mi to Akron

Students: 280
Tuition: $20k
Transfer: 10%
Earnings: $64k

Colleges near Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing

Massasoit Community College

Brockton, MA · Public · Associate · 4,235 students

1 mi

Stonehill College

Easton, MA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 2,528 students

5 mi

Bridgewater State University

Bridgewater, MA · Public · Bachelor's · 7,829 students

7 mi

Southeastern Technical Institute

South Easton, MA · Public · Certificate · 260 students

7 mi

Massachusetts School of Barbering

Quincy, MA · Private for-profit · Certificate · 44 students

11 mi

Quincy College

Quincy, MA · Public · Associate · 2,300 students

11 mi

Curry College

Milton, MA · Private nonprofit · Bachelor's · 1,780 students

12 mi

Laboure College of Healthcare

Milton, MA · Private nonprofit · Associate · 525 students

12 mi

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.