Doctoral · Birmingham, Alabama
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham 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 1.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $178,073
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $151,858
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $71,638
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $76k (likely $76k – $76k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $93k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.3 years (likely 1.1–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $497k (likely $368k – $614k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.39M (likely $1.17M – $1.61M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Dentistry (First professional)$162,018
- Optometry (First professional)$145,890
- Public Health (Graduate certificate)$140,663
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$136,395
- Systems Science and Theory (Master's)$124,712
- Engineering, General (Master's)$118,501
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$117,049
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$115,581
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$114,503
- Medicine (First professional)$112,084
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$108,063
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$104,654
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Alabama
- The University of Alabama$145,164
- University of South Alabama$137,559
- Troy University$133,413
- University of Alabama in Huntsville$132,900
- Jacksonville State University$112,284
- Samford University$101,915