Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High NontraditionalPrivate (for-profit)

Hondros College of Nursing

Columbus, Ohio·Private for-profit, 2-year·Great Lakes·hondros.edu
6-yr Graduation
21%
-34.0pp vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Total enrollment
3,857
peer median 1,015
Avg net price
$26,014
-$158 vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
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About

Hondros College of Nursing is a private, for-profit college that focuses on nursing education with locations in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. It has one campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Detroit, Michigan as well as six campuses in Ohio: Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland (Independence), Columbus (Westerville), Dayton and Toledo (Maumee).

Admissions & acceptance rate

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

IPEDS
Applied
367
367 candidates competed
Admitted
313
85.3% acceptance rate
Enrolled
274
87.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

IPEDS
Overall completion
21%-34.0pp vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
Full-time retention
70%

Pell equity

10.0pp gap
Pell recipients
20%27 of 138
Non-Pell (all)
30%6 of 20
Subsidized loan, no Pell
25%3 of 12
No Federal Aid
38%3 of 8

Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

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 4 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 3 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
4
Passing
1
25.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

4programs
  • Passing1 · 25.0%
  • No Data3 · 75.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
1
No data
3

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.

1
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+133.8%
$81,379 vs $34,808

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

2
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
28%
$23,000 debt · $81,379 earn
Practical Nursing Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Undergraduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
22%
$13,000 debt · $60,585 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 2027
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

Accredited since 1990Next review Dec 2022

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 6

  1. Aug 2023Accreditation Reaffirmed: Warning Removed
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  2. Feb 2023Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Warning
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  3. Feb 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  4. Dec 2019Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  5. Oct 2018Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary Withdrawal
    Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and 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$25,116
$30–48k$26,142
$48–75k$27,495
$75–110k$29,441
$110k+$30,681

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

Avg net price (private)
$26,014
-$158vs Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional median $26,172
Federal loans
87.9%
In-state tuition
$14,817
Out-of-state
$14,817

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, 4,799 students received $20.9M in Pell grants, alongside $35.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
4,799
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$20.9M
$20,880,372 total
Direct Loans
$35.4M
9,494 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

3k
’20
3k
’21
3k
’22
4k
’23
5k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$14.0M
4,681 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$21.1M
4,771 loan awards
Parent PLUS$395K
42 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 1,745 borrowers who entered repayment, 20 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,745
Defaulted
20
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
11.3%
2017
12.1%
2018
8.1%
2019
1.1%
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 Hondros College of Nursing

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs3
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

567 total completions
01Health Professions
567100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

IPEDS
Fall total
3,857
12-mo unduplicated
6,114
Undergraduate
6,114
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
7%443
Women
93%5,671

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
58.5%
White
25.5%
Unknown
11.5%
Asian
2.1%
Hispanic
2.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

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
0.32
1 offenses · 3,091 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.32Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
1
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

1total
  • Public property1

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 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
17.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
148

Hondros College of Nursing vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Hondros College of Nursing 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
SubjectHondros College of Nursing
21%—3,857$26,014Associates Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
American Career College-Anaheim
——1,644$31,218Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
American Career College-Los Angeles
——2,168$32,408Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
American Career College-Ontario
——2,242$33,431Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe
89%100.0%1,202$31,681Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Carrington College-Phoenix North
—89.5%1,080$27,050Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Concorde Career College-Memphis
—95.1%517$24,563Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Concorde Career College-San Bernardino
—98.3%222$26,029Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Fortis College-Columbus
——766$27,708Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Fortis College-Landover
——566$26,578Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
High Desert Medical College
——2,280$29,627Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Jersey College
—67.6%4,478$52,558Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Martinsburg College
—100.0%2,812$11,956Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
MedQuest College
——524$21,782Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Mildred Elley-New York Campus
——961$25,431Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Denver
——664$22,034Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Houston
——1,068$21,396Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas
——678$23,188Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa
——705$21,461Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Rasmussen University-Illinois
——1,145$19,854Baccalaureate
Rio Grande Valley College
——832$19,500Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Ross College-Sylvania
——1,714$22,893Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Southern Technical College
——550$21,171—
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
——1,056$26,315Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
——656$35,666Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin
——974$27,575Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth
——1,076$27,606Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio
——766$28,106Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Peer group median55%96.7%1,015$26,172

Institutions like Hondros College of Nursing

Explore the federal data for institutions in Hondros College of Nursing's comparison group.

IPEDS

Reports & documents (1)

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

Frequently asked questions about Hondros College of Nursing

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Hondros College of Nursing.

What is the graduation rate at Hondros College of Nursing?

Hondros College of Nursing reports a 6-year graduation rate of 21% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Hondros College of Nursing?

Hondros College of Nursing reports a total enrollment of 3,857 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Hondros College of Nursing?

The average net price at Hondros College of Nursing is $26,014 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Hondros College of Nursing?

Hondros College of Nursing's yield rate is 87.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Hondros College of Nursing located?

Hondros College of Nursing is located in Columbus, Ohio 43229.

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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