CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Triton College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Triton College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Triton College. 60 completers in the most recent 4-year window (44 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $74,335.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$74,335
Illinois CIP-4 median $72,380
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$70,666
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$12,266
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
60
44 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 Triton College

2.2%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $12,266 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $74,335.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Illinois CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $72,380.

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$12,266
$12,515$10,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201960
784420142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
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
$768,559
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$6,009
HS-only baseline · IL
$38,300
Years to complete
2
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 Illinois institutions

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

Ambria College of NursingPEER$98,51529 gradsNorthwestern CollegePEER$90,59786 gradsJoliet Junior CollegePEER$88,06197 gradsRock Valley CollegePEER$84,22751 gradsMorton CollegePEER$83,36688 gradsWilliam Rainey Harper CollegePEER$79,071121 gradsMoraine Valley Community CollegePEER$78,24375 gradsOakton CollegePEER$77,71555 gradsCollege of Lake CountyPEER$77,61366 gradsKishwaukee CollegePEER$76,83156 gradsKankakee Community CollegePEER$76,72459 gradsMcHenry County CollegePEER$75,83623 gradsRend Lake CollegePEER$75,55125 gradsChamberlain University-IllinoisPEER$75,237Prairie State CollegePEER$74,48743 grads
Triton CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$74,33560 grads
Parkland CollegePEER$73,17393 gradsOlney Central CollegePEER$72,95467 gradsLincoln Land Community CollegePEER$72,380102 gradsWaubonsee Community CollegePEER$72,033113 gradsIllinois Central CollegePEER$71,96961 gradsRichland Community CollegePEER$71,95749 gradsIllinois Valley Community CollegePEER$71,88849 gradsElgin Community CollegePEER$70,94591 gradsDanville Area Community CollegePEER$70,67622 gradsSouthwestern Illinois CollegePEER$70,11766 gradsJohn A Logan CollegePEER$68,61553 gradsHighland Community CollegePEER$68,53138 gradsLewis and Clark Community CollegePEER$67,22477 gradsJohn Wood Community CollegePEER$67,09162 gradsTrinity College of Nursing & Health SciencesPEER$65,517Heartland Community CollegePEER$65,43628 gradsSauk Valley Community CollegePEER$64,59935 gradsKaskaskia CollegePEER$64,28566 gradsCarl Sandburg CollegePEER$62,85749 gradsLake Land CollegePEER$62,38993 gradsBlack Hawk CollegePEER$59,97434 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 →