Bachelor's · Lebanon, Tennessee
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Cumberland 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 2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $81,961
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $84,806
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $68k (likely $68k – $92k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $47k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2 years (likely 1.7–2.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $223k (likely $146k – $290k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $707k (likely $577k – $836k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 45%
- 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 / ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Other majors at Cumberland University
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,477
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- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$54,166
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- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$45,653
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- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$43,271
- Fine and Studio Arts (Associate's)$42,827
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