Bachelor's · Bremerton, Washington
Is Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Olympic College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 0.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $118,245
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $44k (likely $44k – $60k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $74k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 0.9 years (likely 0.7–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $502k (likely $251k – $784k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.33M (likely $809k – $1.93M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 33%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Olympic College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$95,969
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$90,003
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$61,719
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,256
- Business/Commerce, General (Associate's)$58,325
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$45,970
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$41,993
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at other schools in Washington
- Walla Walla University$101,497
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus$98,632
- University of Washington-Bothell Campus$98,632
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus$98,632
- Western Washington University$96,695
- Gonzaga University$95,155
- Columbia Basin College$94,239
- Heritage University$94,132
- Bellevue College$93,424
- Seattle Pacific University$93,334