Associate's · Health Professions and Related Programs

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's): earnings by school

1043 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$74,459
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$79,878
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$15,234
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 973 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $74,464 and $86,854. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Chabot College CA$117,900$163,641—
Contra Costa College CA—$160,743—
Mission College CA—$147,965—
College of Marin CA—$147,805—
College of San Mateo CA—$144,794—
Evergreen Valley College CA$110,166$140,512—
San Joaquin Delta College CA—$140,130$9,250
Merritt College CA—$138,291—
Carrington College-Sacramento CA$127,627$137,935$24,625
Columbia College CA$135,014——
Montefiore School of Nursing NY$101,272$133,065$20,000
Los Medanos College CA—$131,467—
Hartnell College CA$106,652$131,440—
Sierra College CA—$128,780—
Gavilan College CA—$128,491—
Modesto Junior College CA$132,845$126,345—
Sacramento City College CA$107,620$123,978—
CUNY Medgar Evers College NY$90,687$122,671$10,000
American River College CA$120,729$122,386—
Pacific Union College CA$104,807$122,041$27,250
Solano Community College CA$102,697$121,175—
California Career College CA—$120,699$32,500
Moorpark College CA$104,963$120,404—
Career Networks Institute CA$103,690$120,211$27,986
Napa Valley College CA$119,174——
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts CA$104,388$118,765$21,000
Merced College CA$114,478$118,723—
Santa Rosa Junior College CA$144,949$118,471$10,500
Mendocino College CA—$118,469—
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens NY$82,779$118,259$27,292
Cochran School of Nursing NY$105,307$117,883$20,000
Clover Park Technical College WA—$116,970—
Nassau Community College NY$85,433$116,858$20,000
Los Angeles Trade Technical College CA$79,269$116,662—
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences NY—$116,531$25,750
Helene Fuld College of Nursing NY$98,382$116,303$14,749
Yuba College CA$126,376$116,142—
College of Staten Island CUNY NY—$115,848$14,000
Baltimore City Community College MD$82,659$115,663—
Coalinga College CA$101,078$115,192—
CUNY New York City College of Technology NY$83,227$115,112$11,987
Los Angeles City College CA$92,267$115,035—
Los Angeles Harbor College CA$89,802$114,575—
CUNY Queensborough Community College NY—$114,093$13,718
San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia CA$103,283$113,944$20,000
San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario CA$103,283$113,944$20,000
San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage CA$103,283$113,944$20,000
Rio Hondo College CA$103,131$113,902—
Southwestern College CA$97,013$113,302—
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest TX$79,711$113,302$20,537
San Diego City College CA—$113,244—
Ventura College CA$102,009$112,999—
Cuesta College CA$104,516$112,730—
Kapiolani Community College HI$102,229$112,628$12,653
Passaic County Community College NJ$98,683$112,489$8,375
American Career College-Los Angeles CA$104,058$112,037$26,795
CUNY LaGuardia Community College NY$94,471$111,512$7,048
CUNY Bronx Community College NY$96,986$110,975—
College of the Siskiyous CA—$110,965—
Citrus College CA$102,160$110,694—
Prince George's Community College MD$81,496$110,588$16,875
Lemoore College CA$100,937$110,533—
Allan Hancock College CA$110,306——
Mount Saint Mary's University CA$94,772$109,938$19,493
Mt San Antonio College CA$103,064$109,457$17,458
Monroe University NY$80,943$109,287$18,491
University of Hawaii Maui College HI$79,477$108,217$11,530
Cerritos College CA—$108,092—
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College NY$81,753$107,534$10,500
Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health CA$89,840$107,508$12,061
Glendale Career College CA$105,883$107,406$30,500
Nevada Career Institute NV$105,883$107,406$30,500
North-West College-San Diego CA$105,883$107,406$30,500
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield CA$105,883$107,406$30,500
Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON CA$105,883$107,406$30,500
Pasadena City College CA$100,888$107,357—
Butte College CA$106,753$107,202$11,125
Los Angeles Valley College CA—$106,980—
Renton Technical College WA—$106,906—
Stanbridge University CA$99,517$106,807$36,196
College of the Desert CA$99,505$106,782—
Shasta College CA$110,101$106,707$13,125
Riverside City College CA$100,365$106,618$9,000
Fresno City College CA$101,455$106,504$4,500
Chemeketa Community College OR$101,542$106,187$20,000
Dutchess Community College NY$97,740$105,801$9,750
Sumner College OR$94,997$105,785$30,500
Suffolk County Community College NY$96,966$105,740$8,715
Essex County College NJ$91,233$105,634—
Roxbury Community College MA—$104,965—
Los Angeles Pierce College CA—$104,727—
Golden West College CA—$104,521$10,500
CUNY Kingsborough Community College NY$70,934$104,210$11,000
Atlanta Technical College GA—$103,831$14,161
Rockland Community College NY$99,234$103,785$10,500
Bakersfield College CA—$103,477—
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey NJ$93,788$103,289$14,750
Shoreline College WA$89,406$103,082$13,000
CUNY Hostos Community College NY$94,614$102,972—
Rogue Community College OR$92,635$102,957$21,000
Blue Mountain Community College OR—$102,910—
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island NY$84,441$102,906$27,291
Los Angeles Southwest College CA$102,742——
East Los Angeles College CA—$101,954—
Santa Barbara City College CA$107,260$101,616$17,328
Portland Community College OR—$101,099$20,554
Western Nevada College NV$90,786$101,014$18,500
College of the Sequoias CA$102,557$100,810$9,000
Columbia Gorge Community College OR$86,158$100,430$19,000
Imperial Valley College CA—$100,265—
Chaffey College CA$100,004——
Southern University at Shreveport LA$88,746$99,570$20,309
Orange County Community College NY$92,928$99,513$17,677
Copper Mountain Community College CA$98,995——
Highline College WA$98,766$98,992—
Glendale Community College CA—$98,817—
College of the Canyons CA—$98,736—
Kauai Community College HI—$98,620—
Santa Ana College CA$96,626$98,342$10,500
Mt Hood Community College OR$99,552$97,861$20,000
Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital NY$75,690$97,754$18,750
Jersey College NJ$87,815$97,657$26,250
City College of San Francisco CA$132,732$97,305—
Klamath Community College OR—$97,264$31,109
Salem Community College NJ$82,967$97,055$10,364
Carrington College-Boise ID$89,002$96,450$27,250
Carrington College-Reno NV$89,002$96,450$27,250
Hawaii Community College HI$88,464$96,438—
San Jacinto Community College TX$81,511$96,371$8,044
Community College of Philadelphia PA$84,773$96,246$14,000
Eastern International College-Jersey City NJ$86,664$96,218$25,250
Olympic College WA$86,743$95,969$14,000
Santa Monica College CA—$95,831—
Umpqua Community College OR$86,085$95,786$10,000
Antelope Valley Community College District CA$92,853$95,758—
Eastwick College-Ramsey NJ$95,318—$18,727
Connecticut State Community College CT$83,768$94,874$9,225
Harcum College PA$90,788$94,739$17,000
Goodwin University CT$78,939$94,738$40,220
El Paso Community College TX$73,691$94,358$5,500
Bergen Community College NJ$84,850$94,340$13,250
Brookdale Community College NJ$84,888$94,122$17,700
Victor Valley College CA—$93,918—
West Georgia Technical College GA$81,879$93,886$13,000
Clatsop Community College OR$93,805—$12,249
Lone Star College System TX$79,861$93,665$11,000
Yakima Valley College WA$82,487$93,648$15,000
Montgomery County Community College PA$87,924$93,494$15,716
Sacred Heart University CT$87,115$93,380$21,500
Everett Community College WA$89,130$93,344$10,606
Las Vegas College NV$85,774$93,232$26,596
Howard Community College MD$77,590$93,166$12,000
Bunker Hill Community College MA$81,515$93,131$14,726
Ambria College of Nursing IL$77,043$93,122—
Santa Fe Community College NM$80,160$93,085—
Linn-Benton Community College OR$95,359$93,085$21,000
Middlesex College NJ$81,093$93,065$15,075
College of the Mainland TX$82,157$93,061$5,800
Career Care Institute CA$92,978—$27,250
Raritan Valley Community College NJ$80,281$92,873$14,628
Tacoma Community College WA$85,556$92,844$13,501
Truckee Meadows Community College NV$87,528$92,820$9,559
Cypress College CA$92,735——
Lower Columbia College WA$95,980$92,471$10,500
Mt San Jacinto Community College District CA$86,506$92,469—
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi NY—$92,419$17,750
Northern Virginia Community College VA$81,577$92,415$14,702
Atlantic Cape Community College NJ$79,464$92,341—
Weatherford College TX$74,420$91,897$13,000
College of Southern Nevada NV$82,212$91,797$9,000
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry DE$80,007$91,730$16,750
Central Texas College TX$81,927$91,449$13,638
Ocean County College NJ$87,593$91,419$19,525
Ulster County Community College NY$94,684$91,391$13,460
Temple College TX$81,957$91,365$15,750
Excelsior University NY$79,664$91,265$20,000
Arizona Western College AZ—$91,181—
Eastern Maine Community College ME$74,650$91,067$16,500
The Chicago School-College of Nursing TX$76,494$91,022—
The Chicago School at Los Angeles CA$76,494$91,022—
Nashua Community College NH$86,019$90,973$15,222
Delaware County Community College PA$74,440$90,963$15,652
Niagara County Community College NY$81,799$90,853$13,891
Oregon Coast Community College OR$90,833—$19,364
Central Oregon Community College OR$95,430$90,769$19,605
Middlesex Community College MA$84,524$90,563$15,025
Laramie County Community College WY$78,695$90,372$15,637
Grays Harbor College WA—$90,198—
Eastern Virginia Career College VA$78,093$90,158$16,063
Frederick Community College MD$77,001$90,028$10,198
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus NJ$88,020$89,974$13,588
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus NJ$88,020$89,974$13,588
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson AZ$73,926$89,972$27,030
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa AZ$73,926$89,972$27,030
SUNY Broome Community College NY$84,475$89,926$20,000
Clark College WA$91,399$89,898$14,699
Laboure College of Healthcare MA$88,851$89,821$25,750
Quinsigamond Community College MA$82,834$89,801$23,308
Georgia Highlands College GA$87,195$89,765$13,602
New England Institute of Technology RI$76,636$89,660$20,000
Fulton-Montgomery Community College NY$73,514$89,594$16,875
Rose State College OK$77,111$89,551$12,500
Centralia College WA$95,839$89,425—
Massasoit Community College MA$71,955$89,415$10,002
Glendale Community College AZ$75,934$89,400$7,250
St Joseph School of Nursing NH$88,580$89,376$14,000
Compton College CA$89,224——
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College IL$75,230$89,178$8,000
GateWay Community College AZ$81,497$89,114$8,000
Houston City College TX$70,801$89,002$14,485
Rio Grande Valley College TX$88,947—$22,159
Howard College TX$82,425$88,935$10,500
Concorde Career College-Memphis TN—$88,919$27,219
Kentucky State University KY—$88,912—
Lake Washington Institute of Technology WA$89,481$88,906$9,115
Columbia-Greene Community College NY$79,987$88,857$15,875
Seattle Central College WA$86,037$88,826$10,500
Gateway Community and Technical College KY$73,369$88,817$10,747
Grayson College TX$82,819$88,812$10,375
Lane Community College OR$91,539$88,781$12,750
Community College of Baltimore County MD$80,979$88,643$18,424
Riverside College of Health Sciences VA$81,005$88,588$17,250
River Valley Community College NH$76,149$88,551$17,382
Lee College TX$70,110$88,462—
Bellevue College WA$87,621$88,414$9,935
Whatcom Community College WA$82,277$88,410$16,749
Columbia Basin College WA$85,773$88,368—
Chattahoochee Technical College GA$87,477$88,335—
Pennsylvania College of Technology PA$81,581$88,335$24,526
Miami Regional University FL$51,018$88,290$23,125
Tompkins Cortland Community College NY—$88,162$15,000
Wenatchee Valley College WA$84,017$88,153$6,125
Miami Dade College FL$71,031$88,130$9,500
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA$79,547$88,101$20,000
Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster PA$79,547$88,101$20,000
Albany State University GA$79,218$88,058$17,674
South Texas College TX$75,472$88,029—
Georgia State University GA$83,169$87,917$19,567
Georgia State University-Perimeter College GA$83,169$87,917$19,567
College of Western Idaho ID$73,226$87,847$12,875
Charter College AK$90,450$87,831$27,583
Western Oklahoma State College OK$74,257$87,825$10,500
Vance-Granville Community College NC$86,499$87,707—
Luzerne County Community College PA$89,390$87,684$14,250
Technical College of the Lowcountry SC$77,128$87,568$9,041
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing NY$80,590$87,456$15,250
Alvin Community College TX$81,547$87,387$8,000
Rowan College at Burlington County NJ$85,209$87,342$15,750
Sullivan County Community College NY$76,389$87,233$11,348
Pierce College District WA$87,231—$12,986
Prairie State College IL$80,921$87,212—
Pueblo Community College CO$76,519$87,122$9,750
Collin County Community College District TX$76,559$87,103$6,751
SUNY Corning Community College NY$76,897$87,100$26,245
Northern Essex Community College MA$74,945$86,929$11,696
Onondaga Community College NY$76,365$86,920$15,104
Moraine Valley Community College IL$73,510$86,862$10,625
Skagit Valley College WA$78,039$86,854$16,995
Springfield Technical Community College MA$82,953$86,833$9,751
Fayetteville Technical Community College NC$73,157$86,783$10,500
Monroe Community College NY$78,685$86,729$15,250
Bladen Community College NC$80,417$86,715—
Herzing University-Birmingham AL$77,031$86,632$20,000
Herzing University-Akron OH$77,031$86,632$20,000
Herzing University-Madison WI$77,031$86,632$20,000
Herzing University-Orlando FL$77,031$86,632$20,000
Herzing University-Tampa FL$77,031$86,632$20,000
Herzing University-Nashville TN$77,031$86,632$20,000
St. Joseph's College of Nursing NY$81,317$86,615$12,000
Pima Community College AZ$79,745$86,300$9,750
Mohawk Valley Community College NY$76,091$86,282$16,622
Dallas College TX$75,798$86,238$11,017
Dyersburg State Community College TN$74,997$86,197$9,450
Walla Walla Community College WA$84,059$86,120$20,000
Schoolcraft Community College District MI$78,504$85,989$9,545
Connors State College OK$81,065$85,973$16,125
Tarrant County College District TX$74,701$85,970$10,319
Greenfield Community College MA$78,543$85,958$10,500
SUNY College of Technology at Canton NY—$85,937$18,360
Harford Community College MD$79,195$85,846$13,603
New Mexico Junior College NM$78,875$85,806—
Bossier Parish Community College LA$76,487$85,718$20,909
South Central College MN$70,513$85,685$15,750
Kishwaukee College IL—$85,632$15,427
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota FL$80,789$85,535$10,500
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing NY$79,066$85,441$17,500
North Country Community College NY$68,587$85,364$17,824
Paul D Camp Community College VA$79,146$85,315$4,600
Columbus Technical College GA—$85,235—
Phoenix College AZ$78,972$85,223$6,750
McHenry County College IL$77,104$85,208—
Fortis College-Centerville OH$71,528$85,166$29,028
Fortis College-Indianapolis IN$71,528$85,166$29,028
Fortis College-Cutler Bay FL$71,528$85,166$29,028
South Puget Sound Community College WA$83,234$85,161$20,000
Lehigh Carbon Community College PA$86,995$85,150$16,250
Southern Technical College FL$71,158$85,126$23,500
Alamance Community College NC$74,254$85,092—
Meridian College FL$64,423$85,057$28,334
Gwinnett Institute FL$64,423$85,057$28,334

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