CIP 5138 · First Professional Degree · The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Federal outcomes for first professional degree graduates of The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $147,157.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$147,157
Tennessee CIP-4 median $130,684
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$135,751
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$70,335
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
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 The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

6.4%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $70,335 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $147,157.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

7.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Tennessee CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $130,684.

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$70,335
$76,500$70,33520142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
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%.

EARNINGS SUPPRESSED

Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · First Professional Degree at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.

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 Tennessee institutions

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

The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterTHIS PROGRAM$147,157
VanderbiltPEER$130,68446 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 →