Cochran School of Nursing
About
Cochran School of Nursing is a nursing institution located in Yonkers, New York, founded in 1894. It is the oldest nursing school in Westchester County, offering an Associate in Applied Science degree in Nursing and preparing students for Registered Nurse licensing. The school is affiliated with Westchester Community College and has graduated over 3,300 students.
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, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 100.0%
- No Data0 · 0.0%
- 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.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
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 · 2
Action history · 1
- Mar 2022Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 78 students received $281K in Pell grants, alongside $260K 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 49 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (4.0%) 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 Cochran School of Nursing
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families 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.
Cochran School of Nursing vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Cochran 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCochran School of Nursing | — | — | 117 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations | — | — | 558 | $29,971 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Baptist Health College Little Rock | — | 95.5% | 583 | $34,755 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Belanger School of Nursing | — | 0.0% | 162 | $24,119 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Huntington Junior College | — | — | 182 | $10,729 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Jefferson Regional School of Nursing | — | — | 92 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing | — | — | 174 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Montefiore School of Nursing | — | — | 121 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital | — | 77.8% | 173 | $22,322 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Remington College-Fort Worth Campus | — | 77.6% | 154 | $24,976 | Baccalaureate |
Remington College-Memphis Campus | — | 80.8% | 331 | $25,499 | Baccalaureate |
Remington College-Nashville Campus | — | 61.7% | 280 | $27,789 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
SABER College | — | 80.4% | 560 | $10,311 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 153 | $19,736 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 129 | $24,655 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Southside College of Health Sciences | — | 0.0% | 151 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St Joseph School of Nursing | — | — | 95 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St. Joseph's College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 313 | $29,688 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing | — | 100.0% | 123 | — | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
The Chicago School-College of Nursing | — | — | 2 | $26,334 | — |
Ultimate Medical Academy | — | — | 8,932 | $19,350 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
| Peer group median | — | 80.6% | 162 | $24,816 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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