Master's · Waterbury, Connecticut
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Post 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 1.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $118,583
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $33,374
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $35k (likely $35k – $35k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $49k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.3 years (likely 1.1–1.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $280k (likely $167k – $394k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $809k (likely $558k – $1.07M)
- 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 Post University
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Doctoral)$108,226
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$101,826
- Public Administration (Master's)$97,596
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$95,184
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$91,128
- Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities (Master's)$87,249
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Graduate certificate)$77,373
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$74,249
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$74,201
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$73,190
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$69,512
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$69,363
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Connecticut
- Central Connecticut State University$209,970
- Southern Connecticut State University$138,364
- University of Connecticut$133,363
- University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus$133,363
- University of Connecticut-Avery Point$133,363
- University of Connecticut-Stamford$133,363
- University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus$133,363
- Yale University$131,639
- Fairfield University$128,250
- Sacred Heart University$125,904