Bachelor's · Columbia, South Carolina
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at South University-Columbia worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $85,884
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $98,135
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,833
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $133k (likely $111k – $153k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $62k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.1 years (likely 2.7–3.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $276k (likely $210k – $343k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.01M (likely $846k – $1.17M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 6%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- 26% / 3.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at South University-Columbia
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$120,256
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$119,307
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$74,209
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$65,167
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$58,915
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$55,950
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$55,052
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,445
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$50,681
- Public Administration (Master's)$47,649
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$47,390
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$46,885
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in South Carolina
- Claflin University$83,436
- Coastal Carolina University$82,887
- University of South Carolina-Columbia$80,768
- University of South Carolina-Upstate$79,947
- Medical University of South Carolina$78,576
- University of South Carolina Aiken$78,231
- Anderson University$76,147
- Lander University$75,458
- Charleston Southern University$75,175
- Clemson University$74,491