Doctoral · New Haven, Connecticut

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Yale University 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $201,112; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $171,489; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $85,463; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $91k (likely $91k – $91k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $97k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CT; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.5 years (likely 1.1–2.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $421k (likely $166k – $747k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.33M (likely $859k – $1.98M); Today's dollars

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