Master's · Youngstown, Ohio
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Youngstown State 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 0.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $146,244
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $157,982
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $40,989
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $95k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in OH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.9 years (likely 0.7–1.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $745k (likely $569k – $949k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.79M (likely $1.40M – $2.25M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Youngstown State University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$101,077
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$90,539
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$89,150
- Business/Commerce, General (Master's)$88,114
- Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$86,361
- Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's)$86,340
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$85,357
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$85,028
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$82,683
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$80,437
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$80,158
- Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$78,450
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Ohio
- University of Akron Main Campus$146,142
- Wright State University-Main Campus$128,321
- Case Western Reserve University$126,688
- Otterbein University$125,033
- Malone University$121,037
- Mount Carmel College of Nursing$117,251
- Cedarville University$117,244
- Franciscan University of Steubenville$115,803
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus$114,994
- Kent State University at Kent$114,464