Bachelor's · Flagstaff, Arizona
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Northern Arizona University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $86,397
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,296
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $17,433
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $73k (likely $73k – $91k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $51k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AZ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.8–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $259k (likely $205k – $290k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $800k (likely $715k – $882k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 59%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 2%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Northern Arizona University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$123,400
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$117,110
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$102,760
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$99,067
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$99,015
- Computer Systems Analysis (Bachelor's)$97,511
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$95,388
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$91,941
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$88,184
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$86,375
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$82,299
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Undergraduate certificate)$81,688
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Arizona
- University of Phoenix-Arizona$109,844
- Aspen University$109,265
- Grand Canyon University$103,884
- The University of Arizona Global Campus$102,911
- Chamberlain University-Arizona$96,132
- Pima Medical Institute-Tucson$91,858
- Brookline College-Phoenix$91,208
- University of Arizona$88,892
- Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe$87,378
- Arizona College of Nursing-Tucson$87,378