Private for-profit · Community college

Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing

Falls Church, Virginia · Large suburb

#2 most selective in Virginia
0%
Transfer rate
$35,726
Avg net price
66%
Grad / completion
Median earnings

Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Falls Church, Virginia (large suburb setting), enrolling 730 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 730 undergradsLarge suburbVery selective · 28% admitCold wintersNear the coast

About Falls Church, Virginia

Falls Church is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The first known government in the area was the Iroquois Confederacy. After exploration by Captain John Smith, England began sending colonists to what they called Virginia. The principal characters in the television series The Americans, Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, and their children Paige and Henry, as well as FBI agent Stan Beeman, live in Falls Church. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Large suburb
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
7 miles
Nearest airport
10 miles to Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA) · major hub

How Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing compares

Selectivity27.9%

More selective than 95% · #2 most selective of 8 in Virginia

Graduation rate66%

Higher than 56% · #25 of 65 in Virginia

First-year retention83%

Higher than 69%

Average net price$35,726

Cheaper than 3% · #61 cheapest of 61 in Virginia

Median debt at graduation$14,750

Lower than 15%

Student–faculty ratio31 : 1

Lower than 4%

Undergraduate enrollment730

Larger than 68%

Percentiles compare Standard Healthcare Services-College 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 Virginia.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

730undergrads
  • Women60983%
  • Men12117%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White2.9%
  • Black85%
  • Hispanic4.9%
  • Asian4.8%
  • Other or multiracial2.2%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
730
Student–faculty ratio
31 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
48%
First-generation students
49%
Students over 25
94%
Median family income
$34,584
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$101,997

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
$35,726

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
27.9%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated
66%
First-year retention
83%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$73,707
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
Median debt at graduation
$14,750
Students with federal loans
58%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
66%
Low-income (Pell)
71%

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
$75

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 (730 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.

< $30k
$34,442
$30–48k
$36,499
$48–75k
$36,243
$75–110k
$37,822
$110k+
$41,243

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.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing 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.

Campus climate

Summer high
84°F
Winter low
23°F
Annual rain
43.6″
Annual snow
18.5″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.14.3JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Vienna, VA US station (4.5 mi from campus).

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.