Master's · University Center, Michigan
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Saginaw Valley State University 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 1.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $113,661
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $121,961
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $45,526
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $48k (likely $48k – $48k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $57k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MI
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.2–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $355k (likely $166k – $563k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $985k (likely $587k – $1.44M)
- 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 Saginaw Valley State University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$90,681
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,482
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$83,873
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$82,773
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$81,103
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$78,259
- Computer Systems Analysis (Bachelor's)$72,888
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,171
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$70,336
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor's)$70,081
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$69,953
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$65,826
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Michigan
- Wayne State University$137,480
- University of Michigan-Flint$129,633
- University of Detroit Mercy$125,601
- Spring Arbor University$120,740
- Michigan State University$118,130
- Madonna University$118,011
- Eastern Michigan University$117,970
- Oakland University$117,829
- Davenport University$112,459
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor$109,684