Master's · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Wilkes 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 1.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $123,047; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $136,789; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $43,904; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $47k (likely $47k – $47k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $66k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.5 years (likely 1.2–1.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $436k (likely $336k – $543k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.21M (likely $975k – $1.49M); Today's dollars

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