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Bachelor's · Phoenix, Arizona

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Arizona College of Nursing-Phoenix worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$91,794
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$93,855
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$42,416
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$147k (likely $147k – $202k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$54k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AZ
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.8 years (likely 3.3–4.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$168k (likely $58k – $227k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$698k (likely $582k – $803k)
Today's dollars

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