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%
+81.0pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Total enrollment
192
peer median 259
Avg net price
$57,632
+$30k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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About

Felbry College is a nursing school located in Columbus, Ohio, offering programs such as the Traditional BSN Program, RN to BSN Completion Program, AAS Nursing Program, and Practical Nursing Program. The college is accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools and approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing, focusing on professional training in nursing with small class sizes and high fidelity simulation labs.

Admissions & acceptance rate

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

IPEDS
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.

IPEDS
Overall completion
91%+81.0pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Full-time retention
100%

Pell equity

38.9pp gap
Pell recipients
96%46 of 48
Non-Pell (all)
57%4 of 7
Subsidized loan, no Pell
40%2 of 5
No Federal Aid
100%2 of 2

Pell recipients here graduate at a 38.9-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

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

FVT/GE

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.

DAPIP
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.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$57,058
$30–48k$57,544
$48–75k$57,671
$75–110k$59,300
$110k+—

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

Avg net price (private)
$57,632
+$29,846vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $27,786
Federal loans
93.5%
In-state tuition
$29,731
Out-of-state
$29,731

Federal aid volume & trends

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

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 211 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $2.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
211
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$1.3M
$1,286,567 total
Direct Loans
$2.2M
430 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$890K
220 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.2M
207 loan awards
Parent PLUS$16K
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.

Cohort Default Rate

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.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs2
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

37 total completions
01Health Professions
37100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
192
12-mo unduplicated
332
Undergraduate
332
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
13%44
Women
87%288

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
85.4%
Asian
9.4%
White
2.6%
Hispanic
2.6%

Campus safety & crime statistics

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

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 214 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
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.

    IPEDS
    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.

    IPEDS
    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$57,632Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Acupuncture and Massage College
    		14%——$34,656—
    Ambria College of Nursing
    		——123$17,110—
    American Institute of Alternative Medicine
    		—78.3%251$38,392—
    American Medical Academy
    		——412$12,863Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    American Medical Sciences Center
    		——365$21,629Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    American National University-Pikeville
    		——444$17,010—
    Angeles College
    		——603$28,639—
    ATA Career Education
    		——201$28,250Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    ATA College-Cincinnati
    		——266$27,055Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
    		—100.0%575$13,732—
    Beckfield College-Florence
    		2%79.6%536$28,133—
    California Career College
    		——190$46,880Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Kansas City
    		—96.3%198$29,500—
    Daytona College
    		——191$28,706Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Eastern International College-Jersey City
    		6%69.6%495$21,111—
    HCI College
    		—47.3%218$35,425—
    North-West College-San Diego
    		——636$46,503Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Northwestern College
    		—80.6%—$24,929—
    Pacific College
    		—56.0%243$29,363—
    Pacific College of Health and Science
    		—100.0%245$25,176—
    PCI College
    		——149$27,439—
    Professional Skills Institute
    		—83.1%395$20,721Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton
    		—80.0%419$24,395—
    Peer group median10%80.0%259$27,786

    Institutions like Felbry College

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Felbry College's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Reports & documents (1)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    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 $57,632 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.

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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