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Bachelor's · Las Vegas, Nevada

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Galen Health Institutes-Las Vegas 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
$84,767
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$98,671
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$33,445
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$94k (likely $94k – $129k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$59k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NV
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
2.6 years (likely 2.3–3.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$297k (likely $208k – $345k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$981k (likely $839k – $1.15M)
Today's dollars
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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AP classes

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