Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at George Mason
Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of George Mason. 180 completers in the most recent 4-year window (167 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $89,074.
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 George Mason
1.9%Median federal debt $13,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $89,074.
Statewide CIP-4 peer median
2.1%Same debt against the Virginia CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $80,664.
How this program has shifted
Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at George Mason · debt_median fell
16,702 → 13,000
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%.
- Cost per year
- $16,296
- HS-only baseline · VA
- $39,800
- 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.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing across Virginia institutions
Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Virginia Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.
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.