Bachelor's · Loma Linda, California
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Loma Linda University 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 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $109,247
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $119,018
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $106k (likely $106k – $147k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $79k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.8–2.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $480k (likely $385k – $561k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.36M (likely $1.19M – $1.54M)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Loma Linda University
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (Graduate certificate)$179,193
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$177,247
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$167,117
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$150,259
- Dentistry (First professional)$149,878
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$146,986
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (Master's)$145,162
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Master's)$130,502
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$125,835
- Medicine (First professional)$125,175
- Psychology, General (Doctoral)$110,256
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$100,224
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
- California State University-Monterey Bay$134,489
- Pacific College$132,148