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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, doctoral programs nationwide
Nationally, doctoral graduates in Nursing earn a median $138,131 four years after graduating. Among 72 programs with federal earnings data, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (MN) graduates had the highest median, $224,804 (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard).
- Programs with data
- 72
- Highest median
- $224,804
- National median
- $138,131
| College | State | Median earnings, 4 yrs after | vs national median | Debt borrowed at this college (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science | MN | $224,804 | +63% | $105,117 |
| Bryan College of Health Sciences | NE | $222,935 | +61% | $86,150 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield | MO | $218,334 | +58% | $69,145 |
| California State University-Fresno | CA | $207,668 | +50% | $37,030 |
| Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | $206,527 | +50% | $102,262 |
| University of San Francisco | CA | $201,545 | +46% | $95,800 |
| Texas Christian UniversityFigure covers 2 campuses | TX | $200,329 | +45% | $82,000 |
| University of Cincinnati-Main CampusFigure covers 3 campuses | OH | $199,296 | +44% | $90,200 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | TX | $197,063 | +43% | $61,500 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | MS | $191,713 | +39% | $143,995 |
| Murray State University | KY | $189,508 | +37% | $92,445 |
| DePaul University | IL | $187,364 | +36% | $98,328 |
| Union University | TN | $182,606 | +32% | $152,499 |
| California State University-Fullerton | CA | $181,807 | +32% | $40,710 |
| University of Miami | FL | $174,255 | +26% | $201,589 |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans | LA | $170,420 | +23% | $134,633 |
| Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $164,885 | +19% | $175,663 |
| Fairfield University | CT | $163,093 | +18% | $77,946 |
| Duke University | NC | $161,843 | +17% | $105,069 |
| Rutgers University-New BrunswickFigure covers 3 campuses | NJ | $161,430 | +17% | $67,500 |
| Yale University | CT | $159,655 | +16% | $66,900 |
| Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | IL | $157,682 | +14% | $70,163 |
| University at Buffalo | NY | $156,779 | +14% | $102,203 |
| Chatham University | PA | $152,458 | +10% | $30,489 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | $150,919 | +9% | $79,017 |
The 25 highest of 72 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).