Is a Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing degree worth it?
Across 918 schools, graduates of Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing earn a median $82,204 five years out on $22,651 of debt — most often working as Registered Nurses. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$82,204
Median debt
$22,651
Years to pay off
2.7
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
39%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+9.9%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
15.9%
$97,499 vs $82,029
Net price
$18,878/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
+$24,529
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.