Certificate Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Certificate Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 37 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$160,7975%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 2Glendale Career CollegeGlendale, California$100,874——$49k$41k63%89617 mi 3Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California$91,090——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi 4Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of NursingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$81,336———$79k—1616 mi 5St Lukes Hospital School of NursingBethlehem, Pennsylvania$79,203———$80k—32945 mi 6Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of NursingEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey$78,83120%——$87k100%178< 1 mi 7Ohio Institute of Allied HealthHuber Heights, Ohio$74,851——$47k—100%121125 mi 8Joseph F McCloskey School of NursingPottsville, Pennsylvania$74,192———$86k—10072 mi 9Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland$72,090——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi 10Ohio Medical Career CollegeDayton, Ohio$71,666——$16k—79%129133 mi 11Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, Pennsylvania$71,63829%—$28k$75k33%29445 mi 12Pueblo Community CollegePueblo, Colorado$69,953——$12k$37k31%3,619684 mi 13Watts College of NursingDurham, North Carolina$69,634—————124111 mi 14Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of NursingBrockton, Massachusetts$69,05234%—$23k$88k33%14611 mi 15Saint Elizabeth School of NursingLafayette, Indiana$68,66589%—$22k$65k64%14585 mi 16Trinity Health System School of NursingSteubenville, Ohio$67,928100%—$10k$72k75%2697 mi 17Athena Career AcademyToledo, Ohio$67,46878%—$23k—52%51613 mi 18Collins Career Technical CenterChesapeake, Ohio$66,955——$9k$47k55%454200 mi 19Mid-EastCTC-Adult EducationZanesville, Ohio$66,398———$40k72%356104 mi 20Washington Health System School of NursingWashington, Pennsylvania$66,293———$64k—37119 mi 21Tri-Rivers Career CenterMarion, Ohio$66,259——$26k$49k71%15159 mi 22DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, Pennsylvania$65,04130%1070$19k$66k45%90138 mi 23UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$64,74588%—$33k$68k33%308110 mi 24Sandusky Career CenterSandusky, Ohio$64,563———$41k100%882 mi 25Firelands Regional Medical Center School of NursingSandusky, Ohio$64,065———$69k—652 mi 26Columbiana County Career and Technical CenterLisbon, Ohio$63,454——$12k$34k75%14471 mi 27UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$63,30878%—$29k$69k75%715110 mi 28UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$62,56381%—$27k$67k17%97109 mi 29Citizens School of NursingTarentum, Pennsylvania$62,17383%—$28k$70k60%152104 mi 30Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$60,521100%—$25k$56k67%164109 mi 31Graham Hospital School of NursingCanton, Illinois$60,300100%—$21k$64k0%40154 mi 32UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, Pennsylvania$60,007100%—$23k$70k60%32665 mi 33Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$58,732——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 34Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa$57,546——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 35Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia$48,425——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi 36Rio Grande Valley CollegePharr, Texas$45,266——$20k—72%80847 mi 37Universal Technology College of Puerto RicoAguadilla, Puerto Rico$15,053——$6k$20k64%149< 1 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.