Doctoral · Huntington, West Virginia

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Marshall 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $231,544; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $253,474; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $203,577; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $216k (likely $216k – $216k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $190k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WV; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.1 years (likely 1.6–2.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $1.20M (likely $761k – $1.77M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $3.32M (likely $2.39M – $4.47M); Today's dollars
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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