Master's · San Francisco, California

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of California-San Francisco 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 2.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $150,571; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $171,031; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $105,477; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $112k (likely $112k – $112k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $102k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.2 years (likely 1.9–2.6); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $699k (likely $572k – $814k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.93M (likely $1.60M – $2.24M); Today's dollars

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