Bachelor's · Montgomery, Alabama
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at South University-Montgomery worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $85,884
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $98,135
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,833
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $101k (likely $101k – $129k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $64k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.4 years (likely 2.2–3.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $371k (likely $307k – $413k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.12M (likely $970k – $1.26M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 12%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- 26% / 3.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at South University-Montgomery
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$119,307
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$78,782
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$74,209
- Public Health (Master's)$70,464
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$65,167
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$58,915
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$55,950
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,445
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$50,681
- Public Administration (Master's)$47,649
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$46,885
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$46,322
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Alabama
- The University of Alabama$85,532
- Jacksonville State University$83,984
- University of Mobile$79,845
- Troy University$78,785
- Auburn University at Montgomery$78,282
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$78,224
- University of South Alabama$78,024
- University of Alabama in Huntsville$75,430
- University of North Alabama$74,550
- Auburn University$73,228