Doctoral · Yankton, South Dakota

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

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $241,612; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $198,476; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $210k (likely $210k – $210k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $188k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in SD; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2 years (likely 1.7–2.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $1.20M (likely $924k – $1.54M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $3.24M (likely $2.63M – $3.94M); Today's dollars

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