Bachelor's · Montclair, New Jersey
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Montclair State University 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 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $107,370
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $117,259
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $64k (likely $64k – $81k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $77k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NJ
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 1.1–1.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $527k (likely $429k – $630k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.39M (likely $1.16M – $1.63M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 66%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Montclair State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$117,544
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$108,975
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$104,724
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,810
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$87,244
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$84,906
- Social Work (Graduate certificate)$82,838
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor's)$81,519
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$81,192
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$79,692
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Graduate certificate)$77,546
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$75,657
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in New Jersey
- Berkeley College-Woodland Park$128,038
- Saint Elizabeth University$109,286
- Bloomfield College of Montclair State University$109,167
- Felician University$109,098
- Thomas Edison State University$104,672
- The College of New Jersey$104,369
- Caldwell University$103,559
- Ramapo College of New Jersey$103,534
- Monmouth University$103,184
- New Jersey City University$102,386