Undergraduate certificate · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Is Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants at Brookline College-Albuquerque worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $32,489; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $39,822; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $13,157; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $48k (likely $39k – $55k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NM; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 10 years (likely 7.4–15.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$41k (likely −$75k – −$6k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $58k (likely −$24k – $147k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 44%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26