CIP 5138 · Bachelor's Degree · Misericordia University

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Misericordia University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Misericordia University. 87 completers in the most recent 4-year window (68 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $76,357.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$76,357
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $87,283
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$67,569
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$27,000
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
87
68 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Misericordia University

4.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $27,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $76,357.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Pennsylvania CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $87,283.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$27,000
$27,000$21,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201987
956820142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+26%

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Misericordia University · debt_median rose

21,500 → 27,000

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$626,641
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 8year 0year 39
Cost per year
$21,763
HS-only baseline · PA
$38,100
Years to complete
4
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5138

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across Pennsylvania institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Pennsylvania Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

University of ScrantonPEER$114,40574 gradsPennPEER$114,013189 gradsImmaculata UniversityPEER$98,28975 gradsThomas Jefferson UniversityPEER$98,011506 gradsGwynedd Mercy UniversityPEER$97,882304 gradsWidener UniversityPEER$97,249214 gradsHoly Family UniversityPEER$95,227264 gradsDrexelPEER$95,080533 gradsLa Salle UniversityPEER$94,231157 gradsVillanovaPEER$93,510223 gradsTemplePEER$92,65074 gradsLa Roche UniversityPEER$92,16412 gradsAlvernia UniversityPEER$89,54596 gradsNeumann UniversityPEER$89,10764 gradsPennsylvania College of Health SciencesPEER$89,085157 gradsEastern UniversityPEER$88,97944 gradsMoravian UniversityPEER$88,645116 gradsMillersville University of PennsylvaniaPEER$87,952146 gradsWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaPEER$87,283202 gradsMount Aloysius CollegePEER$85,85343 gradsEast Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaPEER$83,67640 gradsDuquesne UniversityPEER$82,748276 gradsSlippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaPEER$82,58766 gradsChatham UniversityPEER$82,16130 gradsRobert Morris UniversityPEER$81,94380 gradsDeSales UniversityPEER$81,838103 gradsYork College of PennsylvaniaPEER$80,84598 gradsCedar Crest CollegePEER$80,46360 gradsPennsylvania College of TechnologyPEER$79,33649 gradsWilkes UniversityPEER$79,26991 gradsMarywood UniversityPEER$79,08646 gradsPittPEER$77,904261 gradsWaynesburg UniversityPEER$76,99388 grads
Misericordia UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$76,35787 grads
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusPEER$75,223154 gradsCarlow UniversityPEER$72,91113 gradsGannon UniversityPEER$72,66268 gradsMessiah UniversityPEER$72,32837 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →