Master's · Winona, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota 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 0.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $267,845
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $258,419
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $69,003
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $73k (likely $73k – $73k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $193k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.6 years (likely 0.5–0.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $1.67M (likely $1.44M – $1.92M)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $3.56M (likely $3.10M – $4.04M)
- 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 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$105,165
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$104,761
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,441
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$99,345
- Data Analytics (Master's)$94,724
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$91,805
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$89,093
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$86,445
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$84,744
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$84,590
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$83,079
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$79,464
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Minnesota
- Winona State University$134,654
- Walden University$122,823
- Capella University$117,823
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$114,811
- Augsburg University$114,225
- Bethel University$112,698
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$101,989
- St Catherine University$99,367
- Metropolitan State University$79,007
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$78,778