Bachelor's · Glendale, California
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Glendale Career College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $132,069
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $224k (likely $224k – $310k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $96k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 2.5–4.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $488k (likely $238k – $793k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.50M (likely $1.01M – $2.13M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 42%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Glendale Career College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$107,406
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$68,220
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$59,173
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$47,771
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$37,158
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,655
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$30,358
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in California
- California State University-East Bay$150,921
- San Francisco State University$150,102
- Dominican University of California$149,622
- Samuel Merritt University$148,193
- Sonoma State University$143,886
- University of San Francisco$143,356
- Unitek College$143,152
- Pacific Union College$140,542
- California State University-Monterey Bay$134,489
- Pacific College$132,148