Bachelor's · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Capella University 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 1.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $101,195
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $104,416
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $6,509
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $78k (likely $78k – $109k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $63k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.8 years (likely 1.6–2.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $348k (likely $257k – $374k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $975k (likely $889k – $1.03M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 18%
- 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 / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Capella University
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Doctoral)$175,839
- Human Resources Management and Services (Doctoral)$159,344
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Doctoral)$158,849
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$136,210
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$134,483
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$121,925
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Doctoral)$119,979
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$117,823
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- Public Administration (Doctoral)$115,863
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$112,573
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$110,330
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Minnesota
- Walden University$106,892
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$104,761
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$93,347
- Augsburg University$93,046
- Herzing University-Minneapolis$91,010
- Bethel University$87,511
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$87,330
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$86,563
- Gustavus Adolphus College$86,114
- The College of Saint Scholastica$85,824