Doctoral · Waco, Texas

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Baylor 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 2.1 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $144,068; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $96,357; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $102k (likely $102k – $102k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $86k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.1 years (likely 1.7–2.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $351k (likely $178k – $543k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.26M (likely $919k – $1.68M); 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 Baylor University

Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$130,178
Computer Science (Bachelor's)$128,411
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Bachelor's)$125,167
Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$124,434
Law (Doctoral)$121,715
Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$109,055
Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$103,006
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$102,812
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$102,011
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$100,110
Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's)$96,148
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,990

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Texas

Texas Christian University$200,329
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston$197,063
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi$146,054
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston$144,070
The University of Texas at Arlington$143,241
Texas Woman's University$142,527
The University of Texas at Austin$140,262
The University of Texas at El Paso$136,161
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center$135,560
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio$131,561