Master's · North Canton, Ohio

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Walsh University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 2.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $105,705; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $116,082; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $54,008; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $57k (likely $57k – $57k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $53k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.2 years (likely 1.7–2.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $292k (likely $181k – $431k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $892k (likely $646k – $1.20M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.