Special Focus Two-Year: Health ProfessionsPrivate (for-profit)

Felbry College

Columbus, Ohio·Private for-profit, 4-year or above·Great Lakes·felbrycollege.edu
6-yr Graduation
91%
Total enrollment
192
peer median 331
Avg net price
$63,922
+$40k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
48
48 candidates competed
Admitted
41
85.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
23
56.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
91%
Full-time retention
100%

Pell equity

56.0pp gap
Pell recipients
96%
Non-Pell
40%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 5 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 5 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
5
Passing
0
0.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

5programs
  • Passing0 · 0.0%
  • No Data5 · 100.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
0
No data
5

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.

1
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
14%
$9,500 debt · $69,072 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Accredited since 2018Next review Feb 2028
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

Accredited since 2013Next review Dec 2022

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 14

  1. Feb 2026Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  2. Mar 2024Voluntary Withdrawal Received
    National League for Nursing, Commission for Nurse Education Accreditation · Nursing - Associate degree
  3. Feb 2024Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause
    National League for Nursing, Commission for Nurse Education Accreditation · Nursing - Associate degree
  4. Feb 2024Removal of Show Cause Status
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  5. Aug 2023Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$63,489
$30–48k$64,307
$48–75k$66,505
$75–110k
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$63,922
+$39,848vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $24,074
Federal loans
56.6%
In-state tuition
$27,504
Out-of-state
$27,504

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 210 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $1.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
210
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.3M
$1,274,083 total
Direct Loans
$1.9M
420 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$752K
213 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.1M
204 loan awards
Parent PLUS$14K
3 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 114 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.8%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
114
Defaulted
1
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.6%
2017
17.0%
2018
9.6%
2019
0.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Felbry College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs2
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

57 total completions
01Health Professions
57100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
192
12-mo unduplicated
323
Undergraduate
323
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
13%43
Women
87%280

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
88.3%
Asian
5.6%
White
4.2%
Hispanic
1.9%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 306 students

3-year trend

31.252 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
9
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    25.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    4

    Felbry College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Felbry College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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
    SubjectFelbry College
    91%192$63,922Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    East Ohio College
    118$17,180Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    ATA College-Cincinnati
    266$25,439Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Cincinnati
    500$23,813Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Centerville
    547$24,335Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Professional Skills Institute
    83.1%395$20,237Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Peer group median91%83.1%331$24,074

    Frequently asked questions about Felbry College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Felbry College.

    What is the graduation rate at Felbry College?

    Felbry College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 91% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Felbry College?

    Felbry College reports a total enrollment of 192 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Felbry College?

    The average net price at Felbry College is $63,922 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Felbry College?

    Felbry College's yield rate is 56.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Felbry College located?

    Felbry College is located in Columbus, Ohio 43231-2256.

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