-66%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville fell 66% between 2022 and 2024 (66.7% → 22.6%).
Kentucky · Private for-profit · Predominantly bachelor's
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky. 4,184 undergraduate students. 4 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+13%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville rose 13% between 2017 and 2020 ($21.3k → $24.2k).
+12%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville rose 12% between 2001 and 2003 ($10.6k → $11.9k).
+12%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville rose 12% between 2001 and 2003 ($10.6k → $11.9k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Kentucky
Each tile compares this institution to the Kentucky median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$61,480+4% · 6→10y
Kentucky median $37,114$58,951
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry63.2%-18% · '97→'24
Kentucky median 49.7%$16,500+265% · '97→'20
At program completion4,184+4003% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.4%+19% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—+0% · '01→'13
latest cohort—+12% · '01→'03
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.6%Median federal debt $16,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $61,480 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-63%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · completion · 100% fell
60.6% → 22.6%
+19%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · retention rose
67.0% → 79.6%
+2342%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · undergrad enrollment rose
117 → 4,801
+265%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · median debt rose
$6,625 → $24,166
-100%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · cohort default rate fell
16.5% → 0.0%
-44%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · pell share fell
43.7% → 24.6%
+55%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · earnings_median_10yr rose
$39,700 → $61,480
+61%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,700 → $60,671
+66%
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,500 → $58,951
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
3 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree at Galen College of Nursing-Louisville(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Kentucky
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Galen College of Nursing-Louisville graduates earn $X” — not “Galen College of Nursing-Louisville makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Galen College of Nursing-Louisville caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.