Bachelor's · Washington, District of Columbia
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at George Washington 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $98,808
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $103,912
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $152k (likely $152k – $152k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $62k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in DC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.3 years (likely 3.0–3.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $260k (likely $200k – $310k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $911k (likely $798k – $1.02M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 83%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at George Washington University
- Engineering-Related Fields (Doctoral)$180,549
- Human Resources Management and Services (Doctoral)$177,867
- Human Resources Management and Services (Graduate certificate)$168,934
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$154,767
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$150,716
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$149,469
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$146,816
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate certificate)$146,501
- Law (First professional)$140,848
- Engineering-Related Fields (Master's)$139,567
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Graduate certificate)$139,079
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$136,801
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in District of Columbia
- Trinity Washington University$106,318
- Strayer University-Global Region$105,703
- The Catholic University of America$96,949
- Georgetown University$95,242
- Howard University$94,136