Bachelor's · Seaside, California
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at California State University-Monterey Bay 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 0.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $136,631
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $144,457
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $6,375
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $59k (likely $59k – $78k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $105k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.8 years (likely 0.7–1.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $809k (likely $676k – $951k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.92M (likely $1.67M – $2.23M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 63%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools
🩺 Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward health & medicine majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP Biology
- AP Chemistry
- AP Psychology
- AP Statistics
IB Higher Level
- Biology HL
- Chemistry HL
Build my roadmap 🗺️ Middle school to career, plus high schools near you that offer these classes.
Other majors at California State University-Monterey Bay
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$145,281
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$115,179
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Master's)$104,220
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$101,787
- Social Work (Master's)$95,950
- Education, General (Master's)$80,296
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$74,298
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Master's)$73,905
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$72,558
- Mathematics (Bachelor's)$62,943
- International/Globalization Studies (Bachelor's)$61,480
- Marine Sciences (Bachelor's)$59,782
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in California
- California State University-East Bay$150,921
- San Francisco State University$150,102
- Dominican University of California$149,622
- Samuel Merritt University$148,193
- Sonoma State University$143,886
- University of San Francisco$143,356
- Unitek College$143,152
- Pacific Union College$140,542
- Pacific College$132,148
- California State University-Sacramento$129,960