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

St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island

Staten Island, New York·Private for-profit, 2-year·Mid East·stpaulsschoolofnursing.edu
6-yr Graduation
46%
-21.5pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Total enrollment
656
peer median 1,015
Avg net price
$39,377
+$13k vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
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Saint Paul's School of Nursing is a private institution located in Staten Island, New York, with additional offerings at a campus in Queens. It specializes in nursing and medical assisting programs, providing education aimed at preparing students for careers in healthcare. The school is part of a larger organization known as Education Affiliates Inc.

Graduation rate & outcomes

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

Overall completion
46%-21.5pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Full-time retention
64%

Pell equity

21.0pp gap
Pell recipients
42%
Non-Pell
63%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

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

Of 3 Title IV programs, 2 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails.

Total programs
3
Passing
2
66.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
33.3% of portfolio
Fail rate
33.3%
+32.7pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

3programs
  • Passing2 · 66.7%
  • No Data0 · 0.0%
  • Failing1 · 33.3%

Severity spectrum

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

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.

3
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-34.6%
$22,455 vs $34,350
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+10.9%
$38,107 vs $34,350
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+199.6%
$102,906 vs $34,350

Debt vs earnings

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

3
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
72%
$16,223 debt · $22,455 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
42%
$15,997 debt · $38,107 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
25%
$26,037 debt · $102,906 earn

Accreditation status & history

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

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools

Accredited since 2010Next review Feb 2030

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 2

  1. Nov 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
  2. Aug 2018Renewal of Accreditation
    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$38,394
$30–48k$39,011
$48–75k$42,474
$75–110k$46,582
$110k+

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

Avg net price (private)
$39,377
+$13,244vs Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions median $26,133
Federal loans
76.2%
In-state tuition
$17,525
Out-of-state
$17,525

Federal aid volume & trends

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

In AY 2024–25, 436 students received $2.6M in Pell grants, alongside $5.4M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
436
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.6M
$2,596,116 total
Direct Loans
$5.4M
1,164 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$2.1M
559 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.7M
569 loan awards
Parent PLUS$611K
36 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 280 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (2.8%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
2.8%
+0.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
280
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.7%
2017
12.6%
2018
9.1%
2019
2.8%
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 SPSNI

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs3
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

239 total completions
01Health Professions
239100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

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

Fall total
656
12-mo unduplicated
888
Undergraduate
888
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
16%146
Women
84%742

Race / ethnicity composition

Black
35.4%
White
28.6%
Hispanic
22.5%
Asian
5.8%
Unknown
3.8%
Two or more
3.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Non-resident
0.1%

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 · 658 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.

    Student-to-faculty
    16.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    20

    SPSNI vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions SPSNI 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
    SubjectSt Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
    46%656$39,377Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    American Career College-Anaheim
    1,644$27,397Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    American Career College-Los Angeles
    2,168$27,508Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    American Career College-Ontario
    2,242$29,807Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe
    89%100.0%1,202$31,502Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Carrington College-Phoenix North
    89.5%1,080Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-Memphis
    95.1%517$21,470Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Concorde Career College-San Bernardino
    98.3%222$23,161Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Columbus
    766$27,674Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Fortis College-Landover
    566$26,956Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    High Desert Medical College
    2,280$27,890Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Hondros College of Nursing
    85.3%3,857$29,682
    Jersey College
    67.6%4,478$28,490Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Martinsburg College
    100.0%2,812$11,096Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    MedQuest College
    524$18,813Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Mildred Elley-New York Campus
    961$23,697Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Denver
    664$21,821Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Houston
    1,068$21,060Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas
    678$22,661Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Pima Medical Institute-Mesa
    705$20,904Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Rasmussen University-Illinois
    1,145$18,470Baccalaureate
    Rio Grande Valley College
    832$20,678Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Ross College-Sylvania
    1,714$26,304Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Southern Technical College
    550$24,026
    St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
    1,056$31,766Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-Austin
    974$25,479Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-Fort Worth
    1,076$26,133Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    The College of Health Care Professions-San Antonio
    766$26,248Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
    Peer group median68%95.1%1,015$26,133

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

    Frequently asked questions about St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about SPSNI.

    What is the graduation rate at St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island?

    St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island reports a 6-year graduation rate of 46% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island?

    St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island reports a total enrollment of 656 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island?

    The average net price at St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island is $39,377 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    Where is St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island located?

    St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island is located in Staten Island, New York 10311.

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