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Bachelor's · Jefferson, Louisiana

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Chamberlain University-Louisiana worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$96,643
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$103,257
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$21,656
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$157k (likely $157k – $217k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$68k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in LA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.3 years (likely 3.0–4.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$327k (likely $210k – $360k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.05M (likely $929k – $1.15M)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
0%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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AP classes

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  • Biology HL
  • Chemistry HL

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