Bachelor's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of Northwestern-St Paul 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $84,181
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $84,491
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,552
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $100k (likely $100k – $115k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $43k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.5–4.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $123k (likely $36k – $219k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $528k (likely $361k – $717k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 74%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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