Doctoral · Provo, Utah

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions 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 3.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $113,138; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $153,684; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $138,622; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $147k (likely $147k – $147k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $85k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in UT; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.9 years (likely 3.2–5.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $189k (likely −$31k – $432k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.22M (likely $734k – $1.77M); Today's dollars

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