Bachelor's · Frederick, Maryland
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Hood 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 2.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $87,201
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $99,845
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $91k (likely $91k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $59k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.4 years (likely 1.8–3.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $314k (likely $157k – $502k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.02M (likely $684k – $1.44M)
- 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
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Other majors at Hood College
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$119,559
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$93,047
- Biology, General (Master's)$90,850
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$78,503
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$75,246
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$71,439
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$70,544
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$65,110
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$60,022
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$54,413
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$53,886
- Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)$50,200
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Maryland
- University of Maryland Global Campus$104,450
- Bowie State University$103,814
- Coppin State University$102,720
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- Stevenson University$92,710
- Towson University$91,044
- University of Maryland Baltimore$89,750
- Frostburg State University$86,331
- Salisbury University$86,233