Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · Predominantly certificates

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 340 undergraduate students. 2 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing

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.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%

In-state tuition

In-state tuition at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing rose 10% between 2005 and 2008 ($9.9k → $10.9k).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+173%

First-year retention

First-year retention at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing rose 173% between 2005 and 2008 (20.0% → 54.5%).

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING WORSE+10%

Out-of-state tuition

Out-of-state tuition at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing rose 10% between 2005 and 2008 ($9.9k → $10.9k).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Pennsylvania

Each tile compares this institution to the Pennsylvania median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$80,244+3% · 6→10y
Pennsylvania median $49,859
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$77,819
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
+69% · '97→'09
Pennsylvania median 66.1%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$9,834+47% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
340-12% · '96→'09
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
-12% · '04→'08
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
-11% · '01→'08
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
-12% · '00→'08
annual
SECTION 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).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
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

1.6%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $9,834 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $80,244 (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.

UNDERGRAD · 19962009134
1627819962009
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997200984.6%
88%44%19972009
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$14,000
$16,500$6,12519972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972009+69%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · completion · 150% rose

50.0% → 84.6%

RETENTION · 20042008-12%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · retention fell

62.0% → 54.5%

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+47%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · median debt rose

$9,550 → $14,000

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · cohort default rate fell

3.2% → 0.0%

PELL SHARE · 20082024+34%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · pell share rose

26.1% → 35.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+35%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · earnings_median_10yr rose

$59,300 → $80,244

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+43%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · earnings_median_8yr rose

$55,700 → $79,785

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+36%

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing · earnings_median_6yr rose

$57,200 → $77,819

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

1 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing

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 · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing(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.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing graduates earn $X” — not “St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing 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.

Methodology →