Bachelor's · Highland Heights, Kentucky
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Northern Kentucky 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 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $86,524
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $83,141
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $18,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $38k (likely $38k – $51k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $47k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1 years (likely 0.9–1.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $265k (likely $207k – $312k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $707k (likely $618k – $793k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- 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 Northern Kentucky University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$143,901
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$137,370
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$111,560
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$110,142
- Medical Illustration and Informatics (Master's)$105,350
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$94,965
- Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$92,849
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$88,698
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$88,492
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,157
- Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$85,697
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Master's)$85,127
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Kentucky
- Kentucky Christian University$96,766
- University of the Cumberlands$94,183
- Galen College of Nursing-Louisville$91,862
- Union Commonwealth University$87,221
- Morehead State University$85,740
- Eastern Kentucky University$83,920
- University of Pikeville$82,972
- Bellarmine University$82,814
- Thomas More University$82,426
- University of Kentucky$81,941