Bachelor's · Williamsburg, Kentucky
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of the Cumberlands worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $86,581
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $101,164
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $11,033
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $59k (likely $59k – $76k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $65k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.3–2.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $417k (likely $305k – $526k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.18M (likely $917k – $1.43M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at University of the Cumberlands
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Doctoral)$161,669
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$118,251
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$101,403
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$98,100
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$95,033
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$92,853
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$86,304
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,452
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$75,882
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$71,200
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$67,143
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$61,352
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Kentucky
- Kentucky Christian University$96,766
- Galen College of Nursing-Louisville$91,862
- Union Commonwealth University$87,221
- Morehead State University$85,740
- Eastern Kentucky University$83,920
- University of Pikeville$82,972
- Bellarmine University$82,814
- Thomas More University$82,426
- University of Kentucky$81,941
- Campbellsville University$79,651