Doctoral · Amherst, Massachusetts
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of Massachusetts-Amherst 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 2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $129,101
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $135,826
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $64,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $68k (likely $68k – $68k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $63k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.5–2.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $130k (likely −$34k – $301k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $799k (likely $501k – $1.14M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$165,473
- Computer Science (Master's)$154,099
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$123,519
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$113,083
- Education, General (Doctoral)$110,816
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,628
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$106,958
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$101,091
- Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (Master's)$100,729
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$100,516
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$98,155
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$97,990
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Massachusetts
- Simmons University$168,727
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$148,729
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School$134,104
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$125,777
- College of Our Lady of the Elms$122,327
- Boston College$121,366
- Regis College$117,530