Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: associate's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates (associate's degree) one year after graduation, at 961 colleges. National median: $74,459, rising to $79,931 after four years.

#CollegeStateEarnings after 1 yrAfter 4 yrsMedian debt
1Santa Rosa Junior CollegeCA$144,949$118,471$10,500
2Columbia CollegeCA$135,014——
3Modesto Junior CollegeCA$132,845$126,345—
4City College of San FranciscoCA$132,732$97,305—
5Carrington College-SacramentoCA$127,627$137,935$24,625
6Yuba CollegeCA$126,376$116,142—
7American River CollegeCA$120,729$122,386—
8Napa Valley CollegeCA$119,174$104,107—
9Chabot CollegeCA$117,900$163,641—
10Merced CollegeCA$114,478$118,723—
11Allan Hancock CollegeCA$110,306——
12Evergreen Valley CollegeCA$110,166$140,512—
13Shasta CollegeCA$110,101$106,707$13,125
14Sacramento City CollegeCA$107,620$123,978—
15Santa Barbara City CollegeCA$107,260$101,616$17,328
16Butte CollegeCA$106,753$107,202$11,125
17Hartnell CollegeCA$106,652$131,440—
18Glendale Career CollegeCA$105,883$107,406$30,500
19Nevada Career InstituteNV$105,883$107,406$30,500
20North-West College-San DiegoCA$105,883$107,406$30,500
21Glendale Career College-North-West College-BakersfieldCA$105,883$107,406$30,500
22Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSONCA$105,883$107,406$30,500
23Cochran School of NursingNY$105,307$117,883$20,000
24Moorpark CollegeCA$104,963$120,404—
25Pacific Union CollegeCA$104,807$122,041$27,250
26Cuesta CollegeCA$104,516$112,730—
27Gurnick Academy of Medical ArtsCA$104,388$118,765$21,000
28American Career College-Los AngelesCA$104,058$112,037$26,795
29Career Networks InstituteCA$103,690$120,211$27,986
30San Joaquin Valley College-VisaliaCA$103,283$113,944$20,000
31San Joaquin Valley College-OntarioCA$103,283$113,944$20,000
32San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho MirageCA$103,283$113,944$20,000
33Rio Hondo CollegeCA$103,131$113,902—
34Mt San Antonio CollegeCA$103,064$109,457$17,458
35Los Angeles Southwest CollegeCA$102,742$109,736—
36Solano Community CollegeCA$102,697$121,175—
37College of the SequoiasCA$102,557$100,810$9,000
38Kapiolani Community CollegeHI$102,229$112,628$12,653
39Citrus CollegeCA$102,160$110,694—
40Ventura CollegeCA$102,009$112,999—
41Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$101,542$106,187$20,000
42Fresno City CollegeCA$101,455$106,504$4,500
43Montefiore School of NursingNY$101,272$133,065$20,000
44Coalinga CollegeCA$101,078$115,192—
45Lemoore CollegeCA$100,937$110,533—
46Pasadena City CollegeCA$100,888$107,357—
47Riverside City CollegeCA$100,365$106,618$9,000
48Chaffey CollegeCA$100,004——
49Mt Hood Community CollegeOR$99,552$97,861$20,000
50Stanbridge UniversityCA$99,517$106,807$36,196
51College of the DesertCA$99,505$106,782—
52Rockland Community CollegeNY$99,234$103,785$10,500
53Copper Mountain Community CollegeCA$98,995——
54Highline CollegeWA$98,766$98,992—
55Passaic County Community CollegeNJ$98,683$112,489$8,375
56Helene Fuld College of NursingNY$98,382$116,303$14,749
57Dutchess Community CollegeNY$97,740$105,801$9,750
58Southwestern CollegeCA$97,013$113,302—
59CUNY Bronx Community CollegeNY$96,986$110,975—
60Suffolk County Community CollegeNY$96,966$105,740$8,715
61Santa Ana CollegeCA$96,626$98,342$10,500
62Lower Columbia CollegeWA$95,980$92,471$10,500
63Hudson County Community CollegeNJ$95,890$82,897$14,562
64Centralia CollegeWA$95,839$89,425—
65Central Oregon Community CollegeOR$95,430$90,769$19,605
66Linn-Benton Community CollegeOR$95,359$93,085$21,000
67Eastwick College-RamseyNJ$95,318—$18,727
68Sumner CollegeOR$94,997$105,785$30,500
69Mount Saint Mary's UniversityCA$94,772$109,938$19,493
70Ulster County Community CollegeNY$94,684$91,391$13,460
71CUNY Hostos Community CollegeNY$94,614$102,972—
72CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeNY$94,471$111,512$7,048
73Clatsop Community CollegeOR$93,805$89,818$12,249
74UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyNJ$93,788$103,289$14,750
75Career Care InstituteCA$92,978—$27,250
76Orange County Community CollegeNY$92,928$99,513$17,677
77Antelope Valley Community College DistrictCA$92,853$95,758—
78Cypress CollegeCA$92,735$105,890—
79Rogue Community CollegeOR$92,635$102,957$21,000
80Los Angeles City CollegeCA$92,267$115,035—
81Warren County Community CollegeNJ$92,178$84,245—
82Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeOR$91,670$80,990$24,769
83Lane Community CollegeOR$91,539$88,781$12,750
84Clark CollegeWA$91,399$89,898$14,699
85Essex County CollegeNJ$91,233$105,634—
86Oregon Coast Community CollegeOR$90,833—$19,364
87Harcum CollegePA$90,788$94,739$17,000
88Western Nevada CollegeNV$90,786$101,014$18,500
89CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeNY$90,687$122,671$10,000
90Charter CollegeAK$90,450$87,831$27,583
91Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied HealthCA$89,840$107,508$12,061
92Los Angeles Harbor CollegeCA$89,802$114,575—
93Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyWA$89,481$88,906$9,115
94Shoreline CollegeWA$89,406$103,082$13,000
95Luzerne County Community CollegePA$89,390$87,684$14,250
96Compton CollegeCA$89,224$58,776—
97Everett Community CollegeWA$89,130$93,344$10,606
98Carrington College-BoiseID$89,002$96,450$27,250
99Carrington College-RenoNV$89,002$96,450$27,250
100Rio Grande Valley CollegeTX$88,947—$22,159
101Laboure College of HealthcareMA$88,851$89,821$25,750
102Southern University at ShreveportLA$88,746$99,570$20,309
103St Joseph School of NursingNH$88,580$89,376$14,000
104Hawaii Community CollegeHI$88,464$96,438—
105Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMN$88,218$80,513$10,500
106Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusNJ$88,020$89,974$13,588
107Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusNJ$88,020$89,974$13,588
108Montgomery County Community CollegePA$87,924$93,494$15,716
109Jersey CollegeNJ$87,815$97,657$26,250
110Bellevue CollegeWA$87,621$88,414$9,935
111Ocean County CollegeNJ$87,593$91,419$19,525
112Truckee Meadows Community CollegeNV$87,528$92,820$9,559
113Chattahoochee Technical CollegeGA$87,477$88,335—
114Gwinnett Technical CollegeGA$87,337$84,333$14,750
115Pierce College DistrictWA$87,231$71,972$12,986
116Georgia Highlands CollegeGA$87,195$89,765$13,602
117Sacred Heart UniversityCT$87,115$93,380$21,500
118Lehigh Carbon Community CollegePA$86,995$85,150$16,250
119Berkshire Community CollegeMA$86,821$73,927$11,121
120Olympic CollegeWA$86,743$95,969$14,000
121Eastern International College-Jersey CityNJ$86,664$96,218$25,250
122Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictCA$86,506$92,469—
123Vance-Granville Community CollegeNC$86,499$87,707—
124University of Arkansas at Little RockAR$86,497$81,694$18,774
125Columbia Gorge Community CollegeOR$86,158$100,430$19,000
126Umpqua Community CollegeOR$86,085$95,786$10,000
127Seattle Central CollegeWA$86,037$88,826$10,500
128Nashua Community CollegeNH$86,019$90,973$15,222
129Erie Community CollegeNY$85,977$84,516$15,750
130Holyoke Community CollegeMA$85,849$84,264$14,107
131Las Vegas CollegeNV$85,774$93,232$26,596
132Columbia Basin CollegeWA$85,773$88,368—
133Tacoma Community CollegeWA$85,556$92,844$13,501
134Nassau Community CollegeNY$85,433$116,858$20,000
135Rowan College at Burlington CountyNJ$85,209$87,342$15,750
136Brookdale Community CollegeNJ$84,888$94,122$17,700
137Bergen Community CollegeNJ$84,850$94,340$13,250
138Community College of PhiladelphiaPA$84,773$96,246$14,000
139Mercer County Community CollegeNJ$84,615—$11,450
140Middlesex Community CollegeMA$84,524$90,563$15,025
141SUNY Broome Community CollegeNY$84,475$89,926$20,000
142Rivier UniversityNH$84,470$79,592$20,391
143St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten IslandNY$84,441$102,906$27,291
144Daytona CollegeFL$84,336—$23,000
145Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusNM$84,119$78,899—
146Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusNM$84,119$78,899—
147Camden County CollegeNJ$84,114$83,393$16,100
148Sampson Community CollegeNC$84,083$83,909—
149Walla Walla Community CollegeWA$84,059$86,120$20,000
150Bristol Community CollegeMA$84,017$84,205$13,430
151Wenatchee Valley CollegeWA$84,017$88,153$6,125
152Connecticut State Community CollegeCT$83,768$94,874$9,225
153Big Bend Community CollegeWA$83,617$84,873—
154Mott Community CollegeMI$83,501$82,114$21,987
155Northampton County Area Community CollegePA$83,420$78,854$21,885
156Great Falls College Montana State UniversityMT$83,413$69,356$25,500
157Bellingham Technical CollegeWA$83,339$77,498$16,446
158Texas State Technical CollegeTX$83,305$82,931$13,259
159South Puget Sound Community CollegeWA$83,234$85,161$20,000
160CUNY New York City College of TechnologyNY$83,227$115,112$11,987
161Bucks County Community CollegePA$83,172$82,131$20,500
162Georgia State UniversityGA$83,169$87,917$19,567
163Georgia State University-Perimeter CollegeGA$83,169$87,917$19,567
164Salem Community CollegeNJ$82,967$97,055$10,364
165Springfield Technical Community CollegeMA$82,953$86,833$9,751
166Oakton CollegeIL$82,926$83,364—
167Quinsigamond Community CollegeMA$82,834$89,801$23,308
168Grayson CollegeTX$82,819$88,812$10,375
169St Paul's School of Nursing-QueensNY$82,779$118,259$27,292
170Baltimore City Community CollegeMD$82,659$115,663—
171Yakima Valley CollegeWA$82,487$93,648$15,000
172Jackson CollegeMI$82,477$79,704$19,562
173Howard CollegeTX$82,425$88,935$10,500
174Saint Elizabeth College of NursingNY$82,372$81,736$12,675
175University of PikevilleKY$82,311$74,442$18,106
176Whatcom Community CollegeWA$82,277$88,410$16,749
177College of Southern NevadaNV$82,212$91,797$9,000
178Southwestern Michigan CollegeMI$82,187$83,660$15,500
179College of the MainlandTX$82,157$93,061$5,800
180Oconee Fall Line Technical CollegeGA$81,979——
181Temple CollegeTX$81,957$91,365$15,750
182Central Texas CollegeTX$81,927$91,449$13,638
183West Georgia Technical CollegeGA$81,879$93,886$13,000
184Niagara County Community CollegeNY$81,799$90,853$13,891
185CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNY$81,753$107,534$10,500
186Cleveland Community CollegeNC$81,686$78,944—
187Montana State University BillingsMT$81,614$73,465$17,875
188Pennsylvania College of TechnologyPA$81,581$88,335$24,526
189Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$81,577$92,415$14,702
190Alvin Community CollegeTX$81,547$87,387$8,000
191Bunker Hill Community CollegeMA$81,515$93,131$14,726
192San Jacinto Community CollegeTX$81,511$96,371$8,044
193GateWay Community CollegeAZ$81,497$89,114$8,000
194Prince George's Community CollegeMD$81,496$110,588$16,875
195Jefferson Community CollegeNY$81,382$84,572$15,449
196Halifax Community CollegeNC$81,333——
197St. Joseph's College of NursingNY$81,317$86,615$12,000
198Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$81,238$83,443$14,723
199Eastwick College-HackensackNJ$81,191—$22,864
200Middlesex CollegeNJ$81,093$93,065$15,075
201Delgado Community CollegeLA$81,092$82,163$21,967
202Connors State CollegeOK$81,065$85,973$16,125
203Riverside College of Health SciencesVA$81,005$88,588$17,250
204Community College of Baltimore CountyMD$80,979$88,643$18,424
205Monroe UniversityNY$80,943$109,287$18,491
206Prairie State CollegeIL$80,921$87,212—
207Denver College of NursingCO$80,816$75,926$21,000
208Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeWI$80,807$77,498$19,831
209State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaFL$80,789$85,535$10,500
210Cecil CollegeMD$80,784$93,123$13,171
211North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$80,768$79,699$17,000
212Mesa Community CollegeAZ$80,755$83,223$6,750
213North Idaho CollegeID$80,746$83,221$13,158
214Finger Lakes Community CollegeNY$80,737$83,636$20,000
215Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health SciencesNY$80,737$83,636$20,000
216Great Basin CollegeNV$80,717$81,077—
217Hazard Community and Technical CollegeKY$80,633$70,057$13,341
218Carrington College-Phoenix NorthAZ$80,620$84,476$32,104
219Carrington College-MesaAZ$80,620$84,476$32,104
220Carrington College-TucsonAZ$80,620$84,476$32,104
221Carrington College-AlbuquerqueNM$80,620$84,476$32,104
222Carrington College-Las VegasNV$80,620$84,476$32,104
223St. Peter's Hospital College of NursingNY$80,590$87,456$15,250
224Spokane Community CollegeWA$80,551$83,272$17,281
225Bladen Community CollegeNC$80,417$86,715—
226New Mexico State University-Dona AnaNM$80,400$84,961$11,075
227New Mexico State University-Main CampusNM$80,400$84,961$11,075
228Genesee Community CollegeNY$80,344$80,864$15,277
229Raritan Valley Community CollegeNJ$80,281$92,873$14,628
230Kankakee Community CollegeIL$80,240$77,800$12,443
231Santa Fe Community CollegeNM$80,160$93,085—
232Maria College of AlbanyNY$80,103$80,428$20,000
233West Virginia Junior College-MorgantownWV$80,048$82,373$17,249
234Carolinas College of Health SciencesNC$80,048$74,659$11,500
235Colorado Mountain CollegeCO$80,012$76,473$6,192
236Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDE$80,007$91,730$16,750
237Daytona State CollegeFL$79,998$80,355$9,500
238Columbia-Greene Community CollegeNY$79,987$88,857$15,875
239Southeast Community College AreaNE$79,985$79,175$14,650
240Odessa CollegeTX$79,954$80,404$10,355
241Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAZ$79,941$77,483$6,750
242West Shore Community CollegeMI$79,870$72,307—
243Lone Star College SystemTX$79,861$93,665$11,000
244Mount Aloysius CollegePA$79,857$81,890$20,000
245Augusta Technical CollegeGA$79,812$71,075—
246Yavapai CollegeAZ$79,773$84,335$10,500
247Pima Community CollegeAZ$79,745$86,300$9,750
248Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGA$79,712$84,591$15,290
249The College of Health Care Professions-NorthwestTX$79,711$113,302$20,537
250Excelsior UniversityNY$79,664$91,265$20,000
251Southside College of Health SciencesVA$79,619$79,351$15,000
252NHTI-Concord's Community CollegeNH$79,572$81,714$19,000
253Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPA$79,547$88,101$20,000
254Saint Joseph's University - LancasterPA$79,547$88,101$20,000
255Harrisburg Area Community CollegePA$79,543$83,337$20,000
256Laredo CollegeTX$79,504$79,104—
257University of Hawaii Maui CollegeHI$79,477$108,217$11,530
258Atlantic Cape Community CollegeNJ$79,464$92,341—
259Lincoln Land Community CollegeIL$79,438$82,042$17,371
260College of the AlbemarleNC$79,437$79,878—
261Cabarrus College of Health SciencesNC$79,382$75,513$15,625
262Tyler Junior CollegeTX$79,320$74,994$15,549
263Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeCA$79,269$116,662—
264Albany State UniversityGA$79,218$88,058$17,674
265Macomb Community CollegeMI$79,211$80,832$6,907
266Fortis College-Baton RougeLA$79,197$75,311$26,819
267Fortis Institute-Port Saint LucieFL$79,197$75,311$26,819
268Fortis Institute-NashvilleTN$79,197$75,311$26,819
269Harford Community CollegeMD$79,195$85,846$13,603
270College of Southern MarylandMD$79,194$77,355$11,848
271Richland Community CollegeIL$79,167$82,623$7,635
272ECPI UniversityVA$79,148$83,414$29,250
273Paul D Camp Community CollegeVA$79,146$85,315$4,600
274John A Logan CollegeIL$79,109$74,758—
275Greenville Technical CollegeSC$79,077$73,973$17,875
276Samaritan Hospital School of NursingNY$79,066$85,441$17,500
277Phoenix CollegeAZ$78,972$85,223$6,750
278Goodwin UniversityCT$78,939$94,738$40,220
279North Shore Community CollegeMA$78,909$84,861$11,189
280New Mexico Junior CollegeNM$78,875$85,806—
281George C Wallace State Community College-SelmaAL$78,816$77,629—
282Henry Ford CollegeMI$78,795$80,749$17,594
283Laramie County Community CollegeWY$78,695$90,372$15,637
284Monroe Community CollegeNY$78,685$86,729$15,250
285Central New Mexico Community CollegeNM$78,680$82,974$7,000
286Murray State CollegeOK$78,675$77,147$13,347
287Casper CollegeWY$78,670$74,251$16,231
288Miles Community CollegeMT$78,588$74,404$20,000
289Maysville Community and Technical CollegeKY$78,569$66,935$16,835
290Greenfield Community CollegeMA$78,543$85,958$10,500
291Durham Technical Community CollegeNC$78,517$83,872$12,000
292Schoolcraft Community College DistrictMI$78,504$85,989$9,545
293William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$78,452$82,445$10,500
294Lamar Community CollegeCO$78,376$75,092—
295Cape Fear Community CollegeNC$78,374$75,252$10,037
296SUNY MorrisvilleNY$78,339$84,262$19,827
297Western Nebraska Community CollegeNE$78,296——
298Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeTN$78,128$80,052—
299Eastern Virginia Career CollegeVA$78,093$90,158$16,063
300Cambridge College of Healthcare & TechnologyFL$78,057$81,287$24,125

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates earn?

The median college reports $74,459 in earnings one year after a associate's degree in registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing and $79,931 four years after. The highest is $144,949 at Santa Rosa Junior College.

How much student debt do registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $15,304 at the typical college.