Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Bethel 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
- $128,142
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $121,051
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $53,128
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $56k (likely $56k – $56k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $56k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.1–2.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $327k (likely $144k – $510k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $848k (likely $482k – $1.21M)
- 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 Bethel University
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$124,673
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$104,538
- Human Resources Management and Services (Graduate certificate)$101,518
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$101,195
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$97,008
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$96,278
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$90,134
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$87,511
- Physics (Bachelor's)$85,657
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$85,036
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$77,059
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$69,476
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Minnesota
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$240,586
- Winona State University$134,654
- Walden University$122,823
- Capella University$117,823
- Minnesota State University-Mankato$114,811
- Augsburg University$114,225
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$101,989
- St Catherine University$99,367
- Metropolitan State University$79,007
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$78,778