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What does this major pay at different colleges?

Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.

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Nursing, bachelor's programs nationwide

Nationally, bachelor's graduates in Nursing earn a median $88,910 four years after graduating. Among 713 programs with federal earnings data, California State University-East Bay (CA) graduates had the highest median, $150,921 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).

Programs with data
713
Highest median
$150,921
National median
$88,910
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Nursing, bachelor's programs nationwide: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeStateMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
California State University-East BayCA$150,921+70%$14,747
San Francisco State UniversityCA$150,102+69%$15,233
Dominican University of CaliforniaCA$149,622+68%$27,000
Samuel Merritt UniversityCA$148,193+67%$20,000
Sonoma State UniversityCA$143,886+62%$12,500
University of San FranciscoCA$143,356+61%$25,286
Pacific Union CollegeCA$140,542+58%$29,833
California State University-Monterey BayCA$134,489+51%$5,500
California State University-SacramentoCA$129,960+46%$13,750
California State University-StanislausCA$126,959+43%$22,000
University of Mount Saint VincentNY$120,822+36%$25,000
San Diego State UniversityCA$120,799+36%$17,375
American University of Health SciencesCA$120,284+35%$37,584
University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$120,258+35%$12,500
California State University-San MarcosCA$120,196+35%$24,246
University of California-IrvineCA$119,502+34%$13,500
California State University-FullertonCA$119,353+34%$12,500
University of ProvidenceMT$119,206+34%$16,698
CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$119,115+34%$13,341
Mount Saint Mary's UniversityCA$119,050+34%$25,000
California State University-Dominguez HillsCA$118,588+33%$10,000
University of California, Los AngelesCA$118,566+33%$19,420
Azusa Pacific UniversityCA$118,549+33%$25,000
New York UniversityNY$118,433+33%$18,500
Long Island UniversityNY$118,331+33%$25,000

The 25 highest of 713 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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What these numbers are

Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).