Associate's · West Covina, California

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON 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: $113,731; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $115,367; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $30,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $107k (likely $107k – $146k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $75k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2 years (likely 1.6–2.6); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $514k (likely $404k – $628k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.26M (likely $1.05M – $1.48M); Today's dollars