Master's · Columbus, Ohio

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Mount Carmel College of Nursing 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: $100,309; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $125,942; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $32,632; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $35k (likely $35k – $35k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $63k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.5 years (likely 1.2–1.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $419k (likely $311k – $537k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.18M (likely $921k – $1.49M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.