Education & Training
Registered Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Acute Care Nurses Bachelor's degree
- Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses Master's degree
- Clinical Nurse Specialists Master's degree
- Critical Care Nurses Bachelor's degree
- Medical and Health Services Managers Bachelor's degree
- Nurse Anesthetists Doctoral or professional degree
- Nurse Midwives Master's degree
- Nurse Practitioners Master's degree
- Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Registered Nurses Bachelor's degree
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $78,956 | $79,585 | $16,291 | 236 |
| Associate degree | $74,437 | $79,876 | $15,318 | 1,198 |
| Bachelor's degree | $80,653 | $86,383 | $21,935 | 1,293 |
| Master's degree | $107,631 | $120,338 | $45,275 | 726 |
| Doctoral degree | $133,918 | $135,480 | $74,168 | 412 |
| Professional degree | $120,985 | $135,340 | $82,589 | 373 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.