College · Private nonprofit · Columbus, OH · City
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OH
Religious affiliation
Admit rate84%
6-yr median pay$68k
Net price / yr$10k
Undergrad size532
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $10k/yr for a shot at a $68k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 84% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 19.
If you get in
532 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $21k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $10k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$86k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$42k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $22.1k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans65%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$22k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr54%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$68k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$75k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 532
- Location
- Columbus, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Black26%
- Asian6%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races3%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time29%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$58k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.