College · Private for-profit · Salt Lake City, UT · City
Nightingale College
Salt Lake City, UT
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$31k
Undergrad size5,986
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $31k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
5,986 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
The $31k figure is the net price — what the average student actually pays after need-based aid. Merit aid varies by school. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
How students pay for it.
Pell grants42%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans78%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr21%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$27k
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 for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 5,986
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
- Also known as
- Nightingale College-School of Nursing-School of Massage Therapy
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic25%
- White24%
- Asian21%
- Black19%
- Unknown7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time35%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.