Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing
Billerica, Massachusetts · Website
$35,126
net price a year, after grants
$35,126
net price a year, after grants
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing is a public under 2-year college in Billerica, Massachusetts with 37 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $35,126 a year. 80% of students finish within 150% of the normal time.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$35,126
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
80%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
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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
- $35,126
- Cost of attendance
- $38,717
- Students with a need-based grant
- 54%
- Students with federal loans
- 71%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $33,187
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $35,869
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $38,717
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
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
- 37
- Part-time students
- 22%
- Women
- 76%
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Completion rate
- 80%
- Retention rate
- 100%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 1
- 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
| Measure | College | MA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $35,126 | $24,402 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $34,256 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 71% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 80% | 69% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 100% | 79% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $21,882 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $46,320 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $53,104 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 76% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years.
Programs
1 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 32 | $7,076 | $72,230 | $76,747 | $56,073 |
In the area
- Jobs, pay and new homes: the county of Billerica and Massachusetts on Local Economy
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- Homes: Homes for sale in Massachusetts
Questions and answers
How much does Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing cost?
$35,126 a year is the average net price at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $38,717. Families earning under $30,000 pay $33,187 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing?
Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
What is the graduation rate at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing?
80% of first-time, full-time students at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing finish within 150% of the normal time. 100% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (32 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 1 programs.
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.