Bachelor's · Weatherford, Oklahoma
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Southwestern Oklahoma 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 1.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $84,513
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $96,186
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $65k (likely $65k – $88k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $61k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.7 years (likely 1.5–2.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $378k (likely $304k – $445k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.09M (likely $922k – $1.27M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 46%
- 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 / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Southwestern Oklahoma State University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$134,141
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Bachelor's)$119,270
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$101,663
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$78,703
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Graduate certificate)$75,396
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$73,912
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$73,780
- Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (Master's)$69,430
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (Bachelor's)$64,751
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$58,594
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$53,999
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$51,927
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Oklahoma
- Northeastern State University$96,702
- Rogers State University$93,511
- Oklahoma Panhandle State University$92,450
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University$89,006
- Oklahoma City University$85,736
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University$85,283
- University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center$84,009
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus$84,009
- Langston University$83,643
- University of Central Oklahoma$82,603