Graduate certificate · Addison, Illinois

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Chamberlain University-Illinois 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 1.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $126,839; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $109,398; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $45,069; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $48k (likely $48k – $48k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $44k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IL; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.6 years (likely 1.3–2.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $299k (likely $201k – $397k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $702k (likely $512k – $903k); Today's dollars

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