Citizens School of Nursing
About
Citizens School of Nursing is a nursing institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The specific founding year is not mentioned, and the school focuses on providing education and training in nursing.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 100.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 3
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (DNUR) - Diploma programs
- Feb 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (DNUR) - Diploma programs
- Sep 2018Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (DNUR) - Diploma programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 105 students received $592K in Pell grants, alongside $1.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 69 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Citizens School of Nursing
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Citizens School of Nursing vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Citizens School of Nursing selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCitizens School of Nursing | 60% | — | 152 | $26,072 | — |
Annenberg School of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 7 | $20,811 | — |
B M Spurr School of Practical Nursing | — | 62.5% | 17 | $9,956 | — |
Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | — | — | 53 | $10,813 | — |
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage | — | — | 19 | $17,382 | — |
Central School of Practical Nursing | — | — | 97 | $20,675 | — |
CES College | — | 68.0% | 118 | $27,139 | — |
CET-Oxnard | — | — | 95 | $9,534 | — |
CET-Salinas | — | — | 171 | $6,804 | — |
CET-Santa Maria | — | — | 142 | $2,869 | — |
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health | — | 100.0% | 360 | — | — |
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology | — | 85.7% | 20 | $8,609 | — |
Dr. Ida Rolf Institute | — | 100.0% | 12 | $38,347 | — |
EDP School | — | — | 151 | $11,808 | — |
Health and Technology Training Institute | — | 73.3% | 20 | $24,653 | — |
Homestead Schools-Costa Mesa | — | — | 32 | — | — |
Hypnosis Motivation Institute | — | — | 209 | $42,523 | — |
Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing | — | — | 85 | $16,121 | — |
Merkaz Bnos-Business School | — | 81.8% | 110 | $25,008 | — |
Metropolitan Learning Institute | — | — | 357 | $9,526 | — |
National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement | — | 29.4% | 194 | $10,571 | — |
National Latino Education Institute | — | — | — | $19,661 | — |
New Community Career & Technical Institute | — | — | 11 | $5,716 | — |
Philadelphia Technician Training | — | — | 512 | $23,288 | — |
Regional Center for Border Health | — | — | 131 | — | — |
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing | — | 34.1% | 146 | $25,162 | — |
The Vocational Nursing Institute Inc | — | 100.0% | 3 | $57,042 | — |
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies | — | — | 84 | $11,260 | — |
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition | — | — | 64 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 60% | 81.8% | 96 | $17,382 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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