Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing: doctoral degree earnings by college

Median earnings of registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing graduates (doctoral degree) one year after graduation, at 187 colleges. National median: $133,873, rising to $135,401 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne	IN	$256,609	—	—
2	Oakland University	MI	$255,893	—	$109,285
3	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University	LA	$254,012	$228,735	$154,805
4	Webster University	MO	$249,071	—	$202,141
5	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$248,196	—	$128,969
6	Millikin University	IL	$247,470	$324,655	$130,284
7	Bryan College of Health Sciences	NE	$241,269	$222,935	$143,500
8	Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	IL	$239,872	$224,291	—
9	University of Scranton	PA	$233,953	—	$117,863
10	Villanova University	PA	$229,552	—	—
11	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	MN	$228,317	$224,804	$98,500
12	AdventHealth University	FL	$226,218	—	$222,700
13	Mount Marty University	SD	$224,939	—	$198,476
14	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$222,972	$206,527	$84,212
15	Midwestern University-Downers Grove	IL	$221,185	$230,075	$103,264
16	DePaul University	IL	$216,581	$187,364	$98,590
17	Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc	TN	$216,124	—	$171,331
18	Marshall University	WV	$215,566	$235,983	$203,577
19	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$213,598	$176,358	—
20	Western Carolina University	NC	$209,047	—	$73,675
21	Texas Christian University	TX	$208,384	$200,329	$104,163
22	Murray State University	KY	$207,471	$189,508	$199,583
23	Otterbein University	OH	$205,799	—	$142,761
24	Azusa Pacific University	CA	$204,707	—	—
25	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX	$204,152	$197,063	$67,047
26	Georgetown University	DC	$203,312	$141,542	$206,513
27	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	$200,512	—	$37,333
28	Marian University	IN	$198,481	—	$220,363
29	Old Dominion University	VA	$197,809	—	—
30	University of San Francisco	CA	$197,718	$201,545	$141,220
31	Union University	TN	$197,588	$182,606	$219,250
32	University of Miami	FL	$197,533	$174,255	$229,708
33	Barry University	FL	$195,476	$138,166	—
34	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$195,296	$218,334	$81,832
35	New York University	NY	$193,381	$156,780	—
36	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$190,499	—	$73,102
37	Yale University	CT	$187,234	$159,655	$85,463
38	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$185,166	$181,807	$88,544
39	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$176,644	$199,296	$61,500
40	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	LA	$173,506	$170,420	$191,753
41	Samuel Merritt University	CA	$172,908	$147,055	$128,576
42	Quinnipiac University	CT	$171,178	$144,224	$139,793
43	Simmons University	MA	$168,727	—	$71,750
44	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$165,785	$141,379	$71,638
45	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$165,399	$140,488	$44,856
46	University of Southern Mississippi	MS	$165,210	$191,713	$70,211
47	Molloy University	NY	$163,419	—	—
48	Duke University	NC	$163,051	$161,843	$122,626
49	Wilmington University	DE	$162,499	—	—
50	University of Connecticut	CT	$160,739	—	—
51	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$160,739	—	—
52	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$160,739	—	—
53	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$160,739	—	—
54	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$160,739	—	—
55	University at Buffalo	NY	$160,671	$156,779	$85,952
56	The University of Alabama	AL	$160,145	$145,164	$30,655
57	University of North Dakota	ND	$158,280	—	—
58	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences	CA	$155,389	—	$47,667
59	Pace University	NY	$152,950	—	—
60	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$151,781	—	—
61	Florida International University	FL	$148,241	—	$109,692
62	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$147,039	$150,205	$57,818
63	Chatham University	PA	$146,568	$152,458	$30,750
64	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi	TX	$146,054	—	—
65	Fairfield University	CT	$144,520	$163,093	$71,750
66	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	TX	$144,070	—	$41,000
67	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$143,901	—	$52,496
68	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$143,447	$151,184	$99,302
69	Gonzaga University	WA	$143,340	$150,919	$123,553
70	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$143,241	$132,447	$58,083
71	University of North Florida	FL	$143,195	$135,151	$51,250
72	University of Massachusetts Global	CA	$143,096	$156,172	$88,385
73	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$142,305	$133,827	—
74	University of South Florida	FL	$141,382	$127,778	$94,000
75	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$140,578	$157,682	$56,654
76	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$140,370	$161,430	$79,803
77	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$140,370	$161,430	$79,803
78	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$140,370	$161,430	$79,803
79	Fort Hays State University	KS	$138,782	—	—
80	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	$138,009	$136,436	$38,589
81	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$137,368	—	$55,988
82	Western University of Health Sciences	CA	$137,328	—	—
83	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$137,191	$112,899	$63,764
84	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$136,888	$164,885	$191,264
85	Washington State University	WA	$136,854	$126,766	$71,061
86	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$136,161	—	—
87	George Washington University	DC	$135,403	$125,247	—
88	Viterbo University	WI	$134,824	$124,304	$21,526
89	Holy Family University	PA	$134,802	—	—
90	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	$134,324	—	$92,250
91	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$134,224	$131,857	$51,398
92	Baylor University	TX	$134,126	—	$96,357
93	Texas Woman's University	TX	$133,963	$142,527	$30,324
94	Emory University	GA	$133,873	$130,211	$155,437
95	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$133,687	$161,545	$41,000
96	Loma Linda University	CA	$133,634	$167,117	$136,157
97	Troy University	AL	$133,413	—	—
98	Walden University	MN	$133,336	$132,421	$87,663
99	Loyola University New Orleans	LA	$133,198	$138,646	—
100	Capella University	MN	$133,131	$134,483	$40,133
101	University of South Alabama	AL	$132,762	$137,559	$73,561
102	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$132,437	$129,750	—
103	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	TX	$131,561	—	$61,500
104	University of Alabama in Huntsville	AL	$130,983	$132,900	—
105	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$130,155	$133,752	—
106	Frontier Nursing University	KY	$129,691	$130,663	$64,368
107	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$129,610	$137,511	$89,598
108	South University-Savannah	GA	$129,146	$145,627	$88,782
109	University of Phoenix-Arizona	AZ	$128,328	$137,458	$48,869
110	Oklahoma City University	OK	$127,965	$126,859	$84,927
111	Wilkes University	PA	$127,191	$145,853	$34,690
112	Rush University	IL	$126,914	$132,917	$89,602
113	University of Iowa	IA	$126,818	$132,306	$88,550
114	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$125,777	—	—
115	Liberty University	VA	$125,557	—	$54,912
116	Weber State University	UT	$125,203	—	$33,833
117	Maryville University of Saint Louis	MO	$124,369	$137,610	$90,203
118	University of Arizona	AZ	$124,212	$134,984	$77,475
119	University of San Diego	CA	$124,211	$178,950	—
120	George Mason University	VA	$123,451	$148,171	$53,685
121	Seattle Pacific University	WA	$122,408	—	$66,391
122	College of Our Lady of the Elms	MA	$122,327	$135,991	$73,548
123	St Catherine University	MN	$121,713	$127,178	$51,138
124	Purdue University Global	IN	$121,701	$131,220	$68,032
125	Boston College	MA	$121,366	—	$96,322
126	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	$120,770	—	—
127	Mercer University	GA	$120,733	—	$56,541
128	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	$120,192	$126,453	$64,000
129	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth	MA	$120,185	$148,729	—
130	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$119,441	$135,401	—
131	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	TX	$119,339	$135,560	$61,500
132	Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health	NE	$118,979	$146,020	$66,000
133	Abilene Christian University	TX	$118,601	—	—
134	Duquesne University	PA	$118,232	—	—
135	Medical University of South Carolina	SC	$117,820	$110,118	$130,490
136	Regis College	MA	$117,530	—	$61,500
137	Georgia State University	GA	$116,923	$129,645	—
138	Augsburg University	MN	$116,515	$115,990	$72,480
139	Florida State University	FL	$116,330	$117,560	$72,854
140	Montana State University	MT	$115,961	$126,894	$48,000
141	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$115,782	$111,224	$57,096
142	Winona State University	MN	$115,659	$123,651	$62,824
143	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$115,589	$140,262	$54,188
144	Gardner-Webb University	NC	$115,561	$109,715	$49,754
145	Samford University	AL	$115,176	$101,915	$59,267
146	The College of Saint Scholastica	MN	$115,051	$129,745	$88,209
147	Augusta University	GA	$115,026	$113,495	$97,308
148	Radford University	VA	$114,754	—	—
149	Jacksonville University	FL	$114,616	—	$54,666
150	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$114,544	—	—
151	University of Central Florida	FL	$114,108	—	$49,911
152	Clarke University	IA	$114,092	$100,847	—
153	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$113,830	$129,249	$48,447
154	University of Utah	UT	$113,818	$133,019	$57,505
155	Seattle University	WA	$113,815	—	$175,469
156	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	MA	$113,298	$134,104	$106,689
157	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	$113,142	—	$32,000
158	University of Mary	ND	$112,895	$124,741	$74,661
159	University of Louisville	KY	$112,852	—	$61,500
160	Washburn University	KS	$112,659	—	$56,528
161	Jacksonville State University	AL	$112,284	—	$64,238
162	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$112,234	$116,219	$49,199
163	Wichita State University	KS	$111,882	$112,564	—
164	Metropolitan State University	MN	$110,618	$128,165	$82,000
165	Saint Mary's College	IN	$110,541	—	—
166	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$110,240	$114,746	$61,500
167	Bradley University	IL	$110,019	—	$81,829
168	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$109,398	$130,060	$88,986
169	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$108,888	$128,612	$72,069
170	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$108,522	$115,208	$42,565
171	Idaho State University	ID	$107,796	$129,599	$61,200
172	East Carolina University	NC	$107,638	$124,244	—
173	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$106,626	$121,489	$82,685
174	Pittsburg State University	KS	$105,631	—	—
175	Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions	UT	$105,331	$143,079	$138,622
176	Robert Morris University	PA	$102,570	$125,509	$75,166
177	Aspen University	AZ	$102,508	—	$59,681
178	Lenoir-Rhyne University	NC	$102,385	—	$61,500
179	South Dakota State University	SD	$102,072	—	—
180	Wayne State University	MI	$100,574	$115,816	$78,274
181	University of Arkansas	AR	$99,716	$136,259	—
182	Western Kentucky University	KY	$97,589	$112,179	—
183	University of Vermont	VT	$97,453	$126,439	$127,900
184	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion	IN	$97,130	—	—
185	East Tennessee State University	TN	$96,090	$108,675	$61,500
186	Belmont University	TN	$95,896	$109,146	—
187	Palm Beach Atlantic University	FL	$95,072	$116,095	—

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 $133,873 in earnings one year after a doctoral degree in registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing and $135,401 four years after. The highest is $256,609 at University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne.

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 $74,661 at the typical college.