College · Private for-profit · Falls Church, VA · Suburb
Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church
Falls Church, VA
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$33k
Net price / yr$39k
Undergrad size348
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $39k/yr for a shot at a $33k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
348 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $42k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $39k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$169k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$155k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$14k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback4.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $24.4k
How students pay for it.
Pell grants62%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans90%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$10k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention57%
Watch this number.
6-yr median pay$33k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$35k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 348
- Location
- Falls Church, VA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Accreditor
- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black52%
- Hispanic23%
- White13%
- Asian8%
- Two or more races3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students54%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time37%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$17k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.