Private nonprofit · Community college

UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large suburb

0%
Transfer rate: $27,327
Avg net price: 17%
Grad / completion: $67,327
Median earnings

UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing is a private nonprofit certificate-granting institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (large suburb setting), enrolling 97 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 97 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 81% admitCold winters

About Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Seneca people called the confluence of the rivers Diondega or Jaödeogë’. Shannopin's Town was an 18th-century Lenape (Delaware) town located roughly from where Penn Avenue is today, below the mouth of Two Mile Run, from 30th Street to 39th Street. Pittsburgh boasts a rich arts and culture scene, with a history dating back to 19th-century industrialists who commissioned and donated public works including Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts and the Benedum Center, home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Opera. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 8 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
To Great Lakes shore: 109 miles
Nearest airport: 19 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing compares

Selectivity80.8%

More selective than 52% · #22 most selective of 40 in Pennsylvania

Graduation rate17%

Higher than 3% · #148 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention100%

Higher than 95%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$67,327

Higher than 98% · #11 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$27,327

Cheaper than 13% · #133 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$15,667

Lower than 13%

Student–faculty ratio8 : 1

Lower than 89%

Undergraduate enrollment97

Larger than 28%

Percentiles compare UPMC St. Margaret 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

Women7981%
Men1819%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White78%
Black11%
Other or multiracial10%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 97
Student–faculty ratio: 8 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 40%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 69%
Median family income: $42,818

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $16,190
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $2,727
Total cost of attendance: $31,582
Average net price: $27,327

Admissions

Admission rate: 80.8%
Test scores: Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 17%
First-year retention: 100%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $61,500
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $67,327
Median debt at graduation: $15,667
Students with federal loans: 70%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 64%

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

$21,898

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

$30,946

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): $67,327
Typical debt at graduation: $15,667
Debt vs. one year's pay: 23%
Out-earn a HS grad: 84%

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.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$63,530

Men

$79,102

Men out-earn women by $15,572 (25%) 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: 83°F
Winter low: 19°F
Annual rain: 44.5″
Annual snow: 25″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Acmetonia Lock 3, PA US station (4 mi from campus).

What UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing graduates study — and earn

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

37 grads$63k 1 yr$70k 5 yr$31k debt

37$62,563$70,468$31,000

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.