Associate's · Las Vegas, Nevada

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Nevada Career Institute 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 2.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $113,731; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $115,367; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $30,500; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $147k (likely $121k – $175k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $76k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NV; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.5 years (likely 2.0–3.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $471k (likely $357k – $593k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.22M (likely $1.01M – $1.45M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 57%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26