Bachelor's · Chesapeake, Virginia

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Sentara College of Health Sciences worth it?

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The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Earnings are reported, but there isn't enough cost data to estimate payback.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $81,707; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $97,444; 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
Earnings bump, year 4: $58k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars

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The school doesn't report a net price for this income band.

No cost figure is reported, so payback and net return can't be computed.

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