Bachelor's · Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Winston-Salem State 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 1.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,025
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,249
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $54k (likely $54k – $74k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $55k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.5 years (likely 1.3–2.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $324k (likely $256k – $375k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $944k (likely $805k – $1.07M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 47%
- 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 Winston-Salem State University
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- University of Mount Olive$93,698
- Galen Health Institutes-Asheville$91,862
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- North Carolina Central University$90,760
- Fayetteville State University$88,701
- Duke University$87,763
- Lees-McRae College$87,523
- University of North Carolina Wilmington$86,606
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$84,723