Bachelor's · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Walden 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 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $100,845
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $114,815
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $13,373
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $127k (likely $127k – $127k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $73k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 2.4–2.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $414k (likely $368k – $459k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.28M (likely $1.11M – $1.45M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 100%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- 29% / ≤ 1%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Walden University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Doctoral)$143,439
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$132,421
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$122,823
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Doctoral)$113,723
- Management Information Systems and Services (Master's)$109,874
- Public Health (Doctoral)$108,951
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral)$105,432
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Doctoral)$101,174
- Public Administration (Doctoral)$100,861
- Social Work (Doctoral)$99,933
- Education, General (Doctoral)$94,881
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Doctoral)$92,301
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Minnesota
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$104,761
- Capella University$97,211
- 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