Bachelor's · Fayette, Missouri
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies 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 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $85,271
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $91,451
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $70k (likely $70k – $96k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $53k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.7–2.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $269k (likely $191k – $324k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $845k (likely $707k – $959k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 0%
- 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 / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$115,434
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- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$57,976
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$52,836
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$51,637
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$51,274
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- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$45,805
- Education, General (Master's)$45,220
- Education, Other (Bachelor's)$43,653
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$42,219
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Missouri
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- Chamberlain University-Missouri$96,132
- Webster University$95,627
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$88,249
- Arizona College of Nursing-St Louis$87,378
- Southeast Missouri State University$85,155
- Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences$85,140
- University of Missouri-Columbia$83,231
- Saint Louis University$81,525
- Cox College$81,520