Bachelor's · Chesapeake, Virginia

Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Arizona College of Nursing - Chesapeake worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $91,794; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $93,855; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $42,416; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $150k (likely $150k – $210k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $54k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.8 years (likely 3.3–5.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $174k (likely $57k – $233k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $712k (likely $584k – $820k); Today's dollars

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