Bachelor's · Mankato, Minnesota
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Minnesota State University-Mankato 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 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,499
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $88,539
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,639
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $84k (likely $84k – $112k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $47k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 2.3–3.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $189k (likely $107k – $235k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $690k (likely $571k – $791k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- 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 Minnesota State University-Mankato
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$137,368
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$125,059
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$114,811
- Air Transportation (Bachelor's)$103,858
- Construction Management (Bachelor's)$102,090
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$99,934
- Educational Administration and Supervision (First professional)$98,373
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$95,398
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$88,187
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,655
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$85,286
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$83,189
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Minnesota
- Walden University$106,892
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$104,761
- Capella University$97,211
- Concordia University-Saint Paul$93,347
- Augsburg University$93,046
- Herzing University-Minneapolis$91,010
- Bethel University$87,511
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$87,330
- Minnesota State University Moorhead$86,563
- Gustavus Adolphus College$86,114