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Nursing, master's programs in California

Among 23 California master's programs in Nursing with federal earnings data, California State University-Fullerton graduates earn the highest median, $182,816 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $41,000. Loma Linda University follows at $177,247. The national median for master's graduates in the same program is $120,193. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

Programs with data
23
Highest median
$182,816
National median
$120,193
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Nursing, master's programs in California: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
California State University-Fullerton$182,816+52%$41,000
Loma Linda University$177,247+47%$116,245
University of California-Davis$163,702+36%$50,303
University of Southern California$161,128+34%$96,260
Samuel Merritt University$155,587+29%$139,395
Fresno Pacific University$155,201+29%$41,000
San Francisco State University$152,207+27%—
California State University-Dominguez Hills$151,224+26%$23,500
California State University-San Marcos$148,800+24%$60,000
University of San Francisco$147,482+23%$96,735
California State University-Fresno$147,082+22%—
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science$146,374+22%$94,100
Sonoma State University$144,371+20%$41,000
Azusa Pacific University$143,392+19%$61,500
United States University$143,181+19%$46,254
California State University-Long Beach$138,776+15%—
California State University-Los Angeles$137,184+14%$20,500
University of California, Los Angeles$136,869+14%$50,511
California Baptist University$134,166+12%$93,083
Point Loma Nazarene University$130,691+9%$50,562
National University$127,649+6%$99,114
University of San Diego$124,822+4%$119,008
California State University-Sacramento$108,293−10%$22,103

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).