Bachelor's · Yankton, South Dakota

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Mount Marty University worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 3.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $74,446; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $72,167; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $23,000; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $91k (likely $91k – $114k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $33k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in SD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.5 years (likely 2.5–5.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $51k (likely −$50k – $168k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $359k (likely $169k – $591k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 63%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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