Bachelor's · Muncie, Indiana
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Ball State 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 1.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,650
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $81,806
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $23,250
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $59k (likely $59k – $74k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $43k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.7 years (likely 1.5–2.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $195k (likely $131k – $249k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $600k (likely $501k – $707k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 62%
- 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 Ball State University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$127,807
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$120,992
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$117,260
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$111,444
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$98,442
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$90,239
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$80,463
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$79,669
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$78,566
- General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Bachelor's)$78,401
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$77,774
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$77,628
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Indiana
- Chamberlain University-Indiana$96,132
- Purdue University Global$95,877
- Purdue University Northwest$88,935
- Indiana University-South Bend$84,541
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion$84,157
- Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global$84,157
- Indiana University-Kokomo$83,756
- University of Indianapolis$83,156
- Indiana University-Northwest$82,626
- Indiana University-East$82,212