Graduate certificate · Los Angeles, California

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 2.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $141,251; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $201,862; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $138,562; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $147k (likely $147k – $147k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $133k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.8 years (likely 2.3–3.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $940k (likely $751k – $1.17M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $2.49M (likely $2.04M – $3.06M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.