Galen Health Institutes-Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina · Also known as Galen College of Nursing · Website
$61,480
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$61,480
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Galen Health Institutes-Asheville is a for-profit 4-year college in Asheville, North Carolina with 253 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $28,602 a year (tuition and fees $17,048). Former students earn a median $61,480 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $24,166 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$28,602
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$17,048
US median $11,837
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
-
Median debt
$24,166
About $256 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$61,480
Rank 710 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $28,602
- Tuition and fees
- $17,048
- Cost of attendance
- $35,990
- Students with a need-based grant
- 52%
- Students with federal loans
- 82%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $29,974
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $25,728
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $35,990
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $11,470
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2022-23 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $66,120 in 2022-23 to $17,048 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 253
- Part-time students
- 48%
- Women
- 89%
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Retention rate
- 0%
- Highest degree
- Associate's degree
- Programs
- 2
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 710 of 5,094 US colleges and 9 of 147 in North Carolina (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | NC median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $28,602 | $14,086 | $28,553 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $17,048 | $6,906 | $17,408 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 75% | 91% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 48% | 50% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 0% | 72% | 67% | 75% |
| Median debt | $24,166 | $20,000 | $20,899 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $58,951 | $31,569 | $36,954 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $61,480 | $36,048 | $40,092 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 40% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 83% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
2 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's | Associate's | 0 | $24,808 | $68,114 | $80,988 | $80,813 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's | Bachelor's | 0 | $36,303 | $76,234 | $91,862 | $88,910 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Asheville and North Carolina on Local Economy
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Questions and answers
How much does Galen Health Institutes-Asheville cost?
$28,602 a year is the average net price at Galen Health Institutes-Asheville after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $17,048, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $35,990. Families earning under $30,000 pay $29,974 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Galen Health Institutes-Asheville?
Galen Health Institutes-Asheville has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much do Galen Health Institutes-Asheville graduates earn?
$61,480 a year is the median pay of former Galen Health Institutes-Asheville students who work, 10 years after they started ($58,951 after 6 years). That ranks 710 of 5,094 US colleges and 9 of 147 in North Carolina. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's) at $76,234.
How much student debt do Galen Health Institutes-Asheville graduates have?
$24,166 is the median federal student loan debt of Galen Health Institutes-Asheville graduates, about $256 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 82% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.