Bachelor's · Fredericksburg, Virginia

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of Mary Washington 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 2.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $95,565; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $98,670; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $12,000; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $101k (likely $101k – $130k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $60k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.3 years (likely 1.9–3.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $296k (likely $164k – $417k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $900k (likely $643k – $1.15M); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 65%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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