Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
About
Galen College of Nursing is a nursing education institution located in multiple states across the U.S., including a main campus in Louisville, Kentucky, and a branch in Tampa Bay, Florida. It became independent in 1993 and has since graduated over 47,000 nurses, focusing on preparing competent and compassionate nursing professionals through various programs, including pre-licensure and post-licensure courses.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,060 borrowers who entered repayment, 39 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below 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 Galencollege
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.
Galencollege vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Galencollege 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectGalen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay | 63% | — | 1,465 | $29,598 | Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions |
Chamberlain University-Arizona | 50% | 90.9% | 693 | $37,002 | — |
Chamberlain University-Florida | 33% | 90.9% | 821 | $29,539 | — |
Chamberlain University-Illinois | 42% | 82.6% | 32,944 | $26,933 | — |
Chamberlain University-Ohio | 29% | 87.5% | 257 | $32,074 | — |
Erwin Technical College | — | — | 581 | $7,086 | — |
H W Brewster Technical College | — | — | 695 | $10,053 | — |
Hillsborough Community College | — | — | 21,483 | $4,929 | Community College |
Pasco-Hernando State College | — | — | 9,410 | $5,154 | Baccalaureate |
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater | — | — | 1,126 | $12,103 | — |
Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg | — | — | 1,463 | $17,981 | — |
St Petersburg College | — | — | 23,936 | -$52 | Baccalaureate |
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota | — | — | 8,750 | $21,433 | Baccalaureate |
| Peer group median | 42% | 89.2% | 1,463 | $17,981 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Frequently asked questions about Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
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