Bachelor's · Richmond, Indiana
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Indiana University-East 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 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,908
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $88,306
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $21,234
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $39k (likely $39k – $51k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $50k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 1.0–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $285k (likely $209k – $363k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $843k (likely $680k – $1.02M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 41%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Indiana University-East
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$115,214
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- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General (Bachelor's)$66,597
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- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$56,141
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$53,389
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$53,090
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- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$45,505
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- Chamberlain University-Indiana$96,132
- Purdue University Global$95,877
- Purdue University Northwest$88,935
- Indiana University-South Bend$84,541
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion$84,157
- Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global$84,157
- Indiana University-Kokomo$83,756
- University of Indianapolis$83,156
- Indiana University-Northwest$82,626
- Indiana State University$81,988