Doctoral · Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Boston College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $130,362
- 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
- $96,322
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $102k (likely $102k – $102k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $62k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3 years (likely 2.1–4.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $68k (likely −$161k – $345k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $727k (likely $272k – $1.29M)
- 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 Boston College
- Law (First professional)$190,940
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$174,350
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$152,252
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$151,547
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$147,746
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$143,204
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Bachelor's)$132,903
- Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's)$131,090
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$129,436
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$126,475
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$126,461
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$123,144
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Massachusetts
- Simmons University$168,727
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth$148,729
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School$134,104
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst$126,453
- University of Massachusetts-Boston$125,777
- College of Our Lady of the Elms$122,327
- Regis College$117,530