Certificate Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Certificate Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual five-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 27 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas0.10×——$11k$42k21%45,18840 mi2Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California0.11×——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi3University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.12×5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi4Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts0.14×——$8k$48k13%8,6121 mi5Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland0.15×——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi6Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia0.19×——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi7Trinity Health System School of NursingSteubenville, Ohio0.29×100%—$10k$72k75%2697 mi8Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.29×100%—$25k$56k67%164109 mi9Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of NursingEnglewood Cliffs, New Jersey0.31×20%——$87k100%178< 1 mi10Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia0.33×——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi11Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of NursingBrockton, Massachusetts0.33×34%—$23k$88k33%14611 mi12Indian Hills Community CollegeOttumwa, Iowa0.33×——$11k$41k40%1,495251 mi13Rio Grande Valley CollegePharr, Texas0.33×——$20k—72%80847 mi14Reading Hospital School of Health SciencesReading, Pennsylvania0.33×29%—$28k$75k33%29445 mi15St Lukes Hospital School of NursingBethlehem, Pennsylvania0.33×———$80k—32945 mi16West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWheeling, West Virginia0.34×——$5k$30k33%1,014112 mi17UPMC Jameson School of NursingNew Castle, Pennsylvania0.34×100%—$23k$70k60%32665 mi18UPMC Mercy School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.35×88%—$33k$68k33%308110 mi19Citizens School of NursingTarentum, Pennsylvania0.35×83%—$28k$70k60%152104 mi20Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa0.38×——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi21DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterJohnstown, Pennsylvania0.39×30%1070$19k$66k45%90138 mi22UPMC Shadyside School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.41×78%—$29k$69k75%715110 mi23UPMC St. Margaret School of NursingPittsburgh, Pennsylvania0.44×81%—$27k$67k17%97109 mi24Graham Hospital School of NursingCanton, Illinois0.46×100%—$21k$64k0%40154 mi25Firelands Regional Medical Center School of NursingSandusky, Ohio0.47×———$69k—652 mi26Watts College of NursingDurham, North Carolina0.48×—————124111 mi27Saint Elizabeth School of NursingLafayette, Indiana0.57×89%—$22k$65k64%14585 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.