by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Galen College of Nursing - ARH was awarded 3 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Galen College of Nursing - ARH was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
Since Galen College of Nursing - ARH has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Galen College of Nursing - ARH is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Galen College of Nursing - ARH is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Galen College of Nursing - ARH has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 509 undergraduates at Galen College of Nursing - ARH with 348 being full-time and 161 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Galen College of Nursing - ARH, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Galen College of Nursing - ARH, approximately 100% of students took out student loans averaging $7,830 a year. That adds up to $31,320 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Galen College of Nursing - ARH is 7.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Galen College of Nursing - ARH are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Airport Gardens Drive, Hazard, KY 41701-9519 |
| Phone: | 606-629-3141 |
| Website: | www.galencollege.edu/nursing-programs/hazard/ |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 525 students took at least one online class at Galen College of Nursing - ARH. This is an increase from the 371 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 525 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 371 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 185 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 183 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 66 | 0 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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