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

Median earnings of registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 1038 colleges. National median: $80,728, rising to $86,557 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	San Francisco State University	CA	$145,008	$150,102	$13,331
2	Unitek College	CA	$143,152	—	$41,195
3	California State University-East Bay	CA	$139,123	$150,921	$18,751
4	Samuel Merritt University	CA	$138,536	$148,193	$20,825
5	Sonoma State University	CA	$134,423	$143,886	$12,500
6	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$132,168	$129,960	$11,000
7	Dominican University of California	CA	$128,516	$149,622	$26,243
8	California State University-Monterey Bay	CA	$127,203	$134,489	$6,375
9	Pacific Union College	CA	$126,952	$140,542	$29,584
10	Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts	CA	$126,893	—	$35,045
11	California State University-Stanislaus	CA	$126,532	$126,959	$20,000
12	Glendale Career College	CA	$122,955	—	—
13	North-West College-San Diego	CA	$122,955	—	—
14	Iona University	NY	$121,499	—	$20,000
15	University of San Francisco	CA	$120,438	$143,356	$25,000
16	New York University	NY	$120,121	$118,433	$17,750
17	Monroe University	NY	$119,557	$109,427	$26,000
18	Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing	NY	$119,316	—	$18,750
19	CUNY York College	NY	$117,821	$112,147	$16,750
20	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	NY	$117,590	$108,786	$15,000
21	Career Networks Institute	CA	$116,832	—	$35,942
22	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	NY	$116,825	$116,969	$8,375
23	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$116,349	$118,588	$10,000
24	Wagner College	NY	$115,762	$113,728	$25,000
25	Molloy University	NY	$114,478	$117,011	$27,500
26	California State University-Chico	CA	$114,417	$117,543	$17,477
27	Farmingdale State College	NY	$114,150	$108,029	$18,313
28	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$113,943	$116,361	$15,875
29	Simpson University	CA	$113,707	$113,623	$25,500
30	Pace University	NY	$113,391	$115,695	$17,250
31	Keuka College	NY	$113,353	$102,802	—
32	United States University	CA	$113,311	—	—
33	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$112,918	$113,631	—
34	Stony Brook University	NY	$112,240	$111,898	$12,500
35	Kean University	NJ	$111,674	$96,821	$13,596
36	CUNY New York City College of Technology	NY	$111,491	$109,738	—
37	Touro University California	CA	$111,353	$104,138	—
38	Touro University Nevada	NV	$111,353	$104,138	—
39	San Diego State University	CA	$111,312	$120,799	$15,000
40	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	NY	$111,265	$127,915	$27,998
41	Stanbridge University	CA	$110,463	—	$43,084
42	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$110,306	$119,353	$12,500
43	California State University-San Marcos	CA	$110,156	$120,196	$25,000
44	Manhattanville University	NY	$109,887	—	$20,416
45	University of Mount Saint Vincent	NY	$109,706	$120,822	$24,709
46	Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs	CO	$109,697	$95,519	$13,445
47	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$109,146	$119,115	$16,500
48	National University	CA	$108,706	$114,413	$25,604
49	St. Joseph's University-New York	NY	$108,093	$104,818	$27,000
50	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	$107,988	$112,691	$16,500
51	Concordia University-Irvine	CA	$107,439	$105,657	$20,312
52	University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	$107,300	$109,844	$12,111
53	California State University-Northridge	CA	$107,276	$116,613	$18,750
54	Adelphi University	NY	$106,819	$112,945	$25,000
55	Azusa Pacific University	CA	$106,669	$118,549	$26,166
56	Binghamton University	NY	$105,020	$108,691	$12,500
57	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$104,884	$111,681	$13,000
58	Point Loma Nazarene University	CA	$104,802	$114,919	$25,000
59	Mount Saint Mary College	NY	$104,767	$108,400	$27,000
60	CUNY Medgar Evers College	NY	$104,757	$125,792	—
61	Mount Saint Mary's University	CA	$104,483	$119,050	$25,000
62	Long Island University	NY	$104,329	$118,331	$25,000
63	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$104,058	$116,182	$12,500
64	Linfield University	OR	$103,682	$109,374	$22,500
65	Saint Elizabeth University	NJ	$103,664	$109,286	$24,250
66	Thomas Edison State University	NJ	$103,401	$104,672	$20,166
67	Mercy University	NY	$103,248	$118,232	$24,999
68	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$103,178	$120,258	$16,943
69	The University of Arizona Global Campus	AZ	$102,911	—	—
70	George Fox University	OR	$102,234	$93,740	$25,000
71	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$102,135	$102,298	$22,375
72	University of Portland	OR	$102,061	$103,823	$24,250
73	California State University-Fresno	CA	$101,988	$111,278	$12,125
74	Maria College of Albany	NY	$101,963	$89,587	$21,934
75	Loma Linda University	CA	$101,708	$110,805	$27,500
76	Concordia University-Saint Paul	MN	$101,479	$93,347	$20,000
77	Empire State University	NY	$101,171	$102,384	$11,751
78	Dominican University New York	NY	$101,058	$111,206	$24,998
79	University of Providence	MT	$100,951	$119,206	$16,875
80	Vanguard University of Southern California	CA	$100,785	$102,239	$19,500
81	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$100,698	$103,884	$15,750
82	Biola University	CA	$100,604	$111,200	$27,000
83	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	$100,571	$104,592	$16,625
84	Felician University	NJ	$100,566	$109,098	$25,000
85	West Coast University-Texas	TX	$100,459	$111,455	$34,500
86	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	CA	$100,459	$111,455	$34,500
87	West Coast University-Ontario	CA	$100,459	$111,455	$34,500
88	West Coast University-Miami	FL	$100,459	$111,455	$34,500
89	William Paterson University of New Jersey	NJ	$100,216	$101,328	$12,780
90	Berkeley College-Woodland Park	NJ	$100,105	$128,038	$31,920
91	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$100,101	$109,499	$18,149
92	Bloomfield College of Montclair State University	NJ	$99,961	$109,167	$25,000
93	Montclair State University	NJ	$99,961	$109,167	$25,000
94	University of Hawaii at Hilo	HI	$99,714	$111,027	$17,619
95	Broward College	FL	$99,379	—	$11,007
96	California Baptist University	CA	$99,363	$108,157	$28,500
97	Wilmington University	DE	$99,319	$97,666	$14,811
98	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$99,177	—	$9,750
99	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	NJ	$98,600	$98,585	$23,000
100	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus	NJ	$98,600	$98,585	$23,000
101	Warner Pacific University	OR	$98,431	—	$24,242
102	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$98,398	$118,566	$14,500
103	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	$98,195	$99,839	$12,500
104	Walla Walla University	WA	$98,058	$101,497	$26,500
105	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	$97,842	$103,534	$22,508
106	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$97,404	$92,095	$16,936
107	Georgia Highlands College	GA	$97,337	$95,596	$18,750
108	Bushnell University	OR	$97,159	$131,400	$20,000
109	New York Institute of Technology	NY	$97,008	$117,461	$25,110
110	Miami Dade College	FL	$96,701	$106,415	$8,250
111	Western Connecticut State University	CT	$96,664	$96,483	$25,160
112	Upstate Medical University	NY	$96,508	$116,111	—
113	University of Scranton	PA	$96,352	$105,353	$27,000
114	Excelsior University	NY	$96,318	$102,010	$21,856
115	Texas A&M University-Central Texas	TX	$96,095	$95,566	—
116	Seton Hall University	NJ	$96,072	$95,699	$18,750
117	Drexel University	PA	$95,930	$100,646	$12,500
118	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	NY	$95,807	$109,387	$17,913
119	Touro University	NY	$95,662	$103,863	$20,000
120	Villanova University	PA	$95,659	$99,540	$24,878
121	Webster University	MO	$95,627	—	—
122	Sacred Heart University	CT	$95,600	$103,244	$26,295
123	Governors State University	IL	$95,568	$88,391	—
124	Charter Oak State College	CT	$95,512	—	—
125	Wenatchee Valley College	WA	$95,471	$90,618	—
126	American University of Health Sciences	CA	$95,423	$120,284	$43,832
127	West Virginia University at Parkersburg	WV	$95,316	$77,910	$11,914
128	University of California-Irvine	CA	$95,269	$119,502	$11,000
129	University of Bridgeport	CT	$95,261	$123,148	$21,500
130	Georgetown University	DC	$95,242	—	—
131	Roseman University of Health Sciences	NV	$95,235	$101,932	$27,448
132	New Jersey City University	NJ	$95,074	$102,386	$12,500
133	Holy Family University	PA	$94,861	$95,869	$25,000
134	University of Rochester	NY	$94,860	$90,038	$12,500
135	Delaware Technical Community College-Terry	DE	$94,695	$89,745	$13,500
136	The College of New Jersey	NJ	$94,464	$104,369	$24,250
137	Immaculata University	PA	$94,349	$105,749	$27,000
138	Columbia Basin College	WA	$94,239	—	—
139	Neumann University	PA	$94,231	$98,754	$27,000
140	Capella University	MN	$94,212	$97,211	$6,509
141	Grayson College	TX	$94,159	—	$15,284
142	Heritage University	WA	$94,132	—	—
143	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$93,928	$91,528	$19,500
144	Walden University	MN	$93,886	$106,892	$13,373
145	Austin Community College District	TX	$93,631	—	$17,999
146	Gonzaga University	WA	$93,623	$95,155	$27,000
147	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	$93,614	$104,761	—
148	Montana State University-Northern	MT	$93,394	$85,366	—
149	Chaminade University of Honolulu	HI	$93,310	$108,622	$27,000
150	Cedar Crest College	PA	$93,248	$84,041	$25,000
151	Goodwin University	CT	$92,971	$99,458	$36,123
152	Monmouth University	NJ	$92,918	$103,184	$27,000
153	La Salle University	PA	$92,836	$100,679	$25,019
154	Southern New Hampshire University	NH	$92,774	$98,032	$12,625
155	St. Francis College	NY	$92,749	$112,171	$22,000
156	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$92,735	$99,155	$23,961
157	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$92,735	$99,155	$23,961
158	Caldwell University	NJ	$92,614	$103,559	$25,000
159	Laboure College of Healthcare	MA	$92,611	$94,168	$29,259
160	Georgian Court University	NJ	$92,513	$96,213	$24,625
161	American International College	MA	$92,494	$95,137	$31,000
162	Georgia State University	GA	$92,462	$87,146	$19,687
163	Wilkes University	PA	$92,113	$92,034	$20,281
164	Fisher College	MA	$92,012	—	—
165	George Washington University	DC	$91,990	$96,741	$18,750
166	Gwynedd Mercy University	PA	$91,819	$99,913	$26,250
167	DeSales University	PA	$91,612	$91,887	$25,000
168	Moravian University	PA	$91,601	$88,293	$23,040
169	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$91,541	$98,632	$12,500
170	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	$91,541	$98,632	$12,500
171	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$91,541	$98,632	$12,500
172	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$91,462	$98,013	$16,418
173	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	NY	$91,398	$88,810	$19,500
174	Aspen University	AZ	$91,347	$109,265	$33,709
175	Hawaii Pacific University	HI	$91,251	$112,964	$19,928
176	New Mexico Highlands University	NM	$91,241	$97,309	$8,500
177	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$91,189	$98,216	$15,875
178	Fairfield University	CT	$91,135	$101,831	$25,000
179	University of Arkansas Grantham	AR	$91,135	$109,956	—
180	Post University	CT	$91,128	—	$11,777
181	Temple University	PA	$91,116	$96,342	$27,000
182	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$91,079	$98,475	$20,500
183	Western Governors University	UT	$91,037	$97,114	$10,737
184	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	$91,032	$104,450	$12,844
185	Daemen University	NY	$91,002	$94,312	$12,500
186	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$90,909	$97,321	$27,000
187	Elmira College	NY	$90,811	$89,729	$27,000
188	Quinnipiac University	CT	$90,795	$98,641	$20,500
189	Louisiana State University at Alexandria	LA	$90,721	$87,651	$18,750
190	Howard University	DC	$90,669	$94,136	$24,750
191	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$90,544	$89,958	$26,000
192	Marywood University	PA	$90,347	$92,915	$27,000
193	Seattle Pacific University	WA	$90,324	$93,334	$25,000
194	Widener University	PA	$90,244	$98,272	$26,000
195	Texas A&M University-Victoria	TX	$90,119	—	$11,817
196	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$90,108	$97,949	$18,750
197	Nevada State University	NV	$90,070	$95,918	$16,751
198	Rowan University	NJ	$90,061	$97,116	$15,063
199	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
200	Chamberlain University-Ohio	OH	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
201	Chamberlain University-Arizona	AZ	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
202	Chamberlain University-Florida	FL	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
203	Chamberlain University-Virginia	VA	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
204	Chamberlain University-Missouri	MO	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
205	Chamberlain University-Texas	TX	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
206	Chamberlain University-Georgia	GA	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
207	Chamberlain University-Indiana	IN	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
208	Chamberlain University-Nevada	NV	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
209	Chamberlain University-Michigan	MI	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
210	Chamberlain University-New Jersey	NJ	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
211	Chamberlain University-North Carolina	NC	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
212	Chamberlain University-California	CA	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
213	Chamberlain University-Louisiana	LA	$89,974	$96,132	$21,656
214	Seattle University	WA	$89,870	$90,918	$19,000
215	Stockton University	NJ	$89,849	$97,739	$25,000
216	Hartwick College	NY	$89,777	$108,531	—
217	University of Saint Joseph	CT	$89,593	$90,587	$27,000
218	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$89,518	$99,393	$17,708
219	University at Buffalo	NY	$89,513	$93,507	$13,856
220	Claflin University	SC	$89,384	$83,436	$9,010
221	University of Connecticut	CT	$89,311	$92,601	$20,313
222	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$89,311	$92,601	$20,313
223	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$89,311	$92,601	$20,313
224	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$89,311	$92,601	$20,313
225	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$89,311	$92,601	$20,313
226	College of Our Lady of the Elms	MA	$89,194	$97,773	$25,000
227	Utica University	NY	$89,114	$94,981	$19,953
228	University of Mary Washington	VA	$88,970	$91,861	$12,000
229	Northwest University	WA	$88,881	$89,673	$23,497
230	Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education	WA	$88,881	$89,673	$23,497
231	Cabarrus College of Health Sciences	NC	$88,849	$78,143	$20,700
232	St. Thomas University	FL	$88,826	—	$9,500
233	Florida SouthWestern State College	FL	$88,653	$89,818	$12,060
234	SUNY Brockport	NY	$88,643	$88,583	$17,149
235	Reinhardt University	GA	$88,642	—	$23,000
236	Washington State University	WA	$88,436	$91,495	$14,000
237	Trinity Washington University	DC	$88,391	$106,318	$19,750
238	University of Delaware	DE	$88,340	$98,486	$27,000
239	Pennsylvania College of Technology	PA	$88,301	$86,854	$25,550
240	Alvernia University	PA	$88,298	$94,679	$27,000
241	Boise State University	ID	$87,996	$91,491	$16,509
242	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	NY	$87,900	$102,176	$25,762
243	Mercer University	GA	$87,827	$85,030	$22,655
244	University of Miami	FL	$87,777	$92,555	$17,465
245	New England Institute of Technology	RI	$87,751	$86,935	$31,484
246	Marymount University	VA	$87,632	$94,503	$18,750
247	University of Rhode Island	RI	$87,535	$96,020	$25,000
248	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia	PA	$87,471	$86,383	$23,000
249	Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster	PA	$87,471	$86,383	$23,000
250	Saint Peter's University	NJ	$87,470	$100,199	$18,750
251	The Catholic University of America	DC	$87,466	$96,949	$26,755
252	Emmanuel College	MA	$87,438	—	$27,000
253	Franklin Pierce University	NH	$87,279	$77,705	—
254	Creighton University	NE	$87,259	$84,294	$19,000
255	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$87,219	$98,870	$22,500
256	Grambling State University	LA	$87,080	—	—
257	Purdue University Global	IN	$87,065	$95,877	$19,646
258	Duke University	NC	$87,034	$87,763	$15,000
259	Whitworth University	WA	$87,032	$82,980	—
260	Westfield State University	MA	$86,869	$93,248	$21,000
261	University of West Georgia	GA	$86,868	$86,904	$20,200
262	D'Youville University	NY	$86,860	$90,891	$25,000
263	Misericordia University	PA	$86,785	$88,523	$25,000
264	Clayton State University	GA	$86,653	$96,160	$26,243
265	Bethel University	IN	$86,633	$73,384	$27,000
266	Louisiana Christian University	LA	$86,619	$76,252	$25,000
267	Eastern University	PA	$86,615	$90,697	$27,000
268	American Public University System	WV	$86,573	$94,768	$12,500
269	University of Alaska Anchorage	AK	$86,549	$93,001	$20,560
270	Southwest Minnesota State University	MN	$86,543	$83,735	$12,500
271	Emory University	GA	$86,533	$101,903	$13,062
272	Kennesaw State University	GA	$86,532	$87,935	$20,000
273	Arapahoe Community College	CO	$86,526	—	$25,813
274	Colby-Sawyer College	NH	$86,525	$82,803	$21,875
275	Boston College	MA	$86,406	$94,867	$11,150
276	Colorado Mountain College	CO	$86,342	$92,166	—
277	Florida National University-Main Campus	FL	$86,303	$86,826	$37,618
278	Milligan University	TN	$86,252	$82,961	—
279	The University of Texas Permian Basin	TX	$86,141	—	$19,000
280	Frostburg State University	MD	$86,077	$86,331	$17,419
281	Lubbock Christian University	TX	$86,073	$88,298	$15,750
282	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX	$85,981	$92,899	$15,000
283	University of Houston	TX	$85,922	$91,276	$16,436
284	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$85,920	$91,910	$23,022
285	Lewis-Clark State College	ID	$85,898	$83,303	$12,500
286	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$85,882	$94,600	$16,409
287	Le Moyne College	NY	$85,856	$89,941	$13,000
288	St Petersburg College	FL	$85,600	$91,608	$18,122
289	Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe	AZ	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
290	Arizona College of Nursing-Las Vegas	NV	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
291	Arizona College of Nursing-Dallas	TX	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
292	Arizona College of Nursing-Tampa	FL	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
293	Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale	FL	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
294	Arizona College of Nursing-Tucson	AZ	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
295	Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix	AZ	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
296	Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City	UT	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
297	Arizona College of Nursing-Southfield	MI	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
298	Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church	VA	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
299	Arizona College of Nursing-Ontario	CA	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416
300	Arizona College of Nursing-Sarasota	FL	$85,460	$87,378	$42,416

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 $80,728 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing and $86,557 four years after. The highest is $145,008 at San Francisco State University.

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 $21,916 at the typical college.