Private nonprofit · Community college
St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · Large suburb
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- Transfer rate
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- Avg net price
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- Grad / completion
- $80,244
- Median earnings
St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 329 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. On April 2, 1741, William Allen, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant and political figure, who later founded the city of Allentown, deeded 500 acres (200 ha) along the banks of the Monocacy Creek and Lehigh River to the Moravian Church. Bethlehem has a long historical relationship with the celebration of Christmas, which is prominently celebrated in the city annually. The city was christened as Bethlehem on Christmas Eve 1741 by Nicolaus Zinzendorf, a Moravian bishop. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Allentown, PA
- To the ocean
- 45 miles
- Nearest airport
- 4 miles to Lehigh Valley (ABE)
How St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing compares
Higher than 99% · #3 of 137 in Pennsylvania
Lower than 17%
Lower than 82%
Larger than 55%
Percentiles compare St Lukes 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 Pennsylvania.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women28888%
- Men4112%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White69%
- Black8.8%
- Hispanic21%
- Asian1.2%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 329
- Student–faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 35%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
- 77%
- Median family income
- $36,082
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $77,819
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $80,244
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000
- Students with federal loans
- 49%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 79%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 43
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 13%
- Application fee
- $35
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 (329 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.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $80,244
- Typical debt at graduation
- $14,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 17%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 88%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.7 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
- 86°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 47.4″
- Annual snow
- 33.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Allentown Intl AP, PA US station (4.2 mi from campus).
What St Lukes 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.