CIP 5138 · Associate's Degree · Washington State Community College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at Washington State Community College

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Washington State Community College. 42 completers in the most recent 4-year window (33 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $74,072.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$74,072
Ohio CIP-4 median $68,946
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$63,068
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$14,950
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
42
33 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 Washington State Community College

2.7%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $14,950 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $74,072.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Ohio CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $68,946.

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$14,950
$16,886$14,95020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201942
422120142019
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
$793,460
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 2
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 2year 0year 39
Cost per year
$9,745
HS-only baseline · OH
$36,400
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 Ohio institutions

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

CincinnatiPEER$77,091Clark State CollegePEER$76,328152 gradsFortis College-CentervillePEER$75,09147 grads
Washington State Community CollegeTHIS PROGRAM$74,07242 grads
Stark State CollegePEER$73,663111 gradsFortis College-Cuyahoga FallsPEER$73,32665 gradsMercy College of OhioPEER$72,929133 gradsAmerican Institute of Alternative MedicinePEER$72,74696 gradsCentral Ohio Technical CollegePEER$72,238189 gradsShawnee State UniversityPEER$71,57722 gradsHondros College of NursingPEER$70,933309 gradsOwens Community CollegePEER$70,674214 gradsEastern Gateway Community CollegePEER$70,13634 gradsThe Christ College of Nursing and Health SciencesPEER$69,565Lakeland Community CollegePEER$69,338114 gradsEdison State Community CollegePEER$69,33358 gradsCuyahoga Community College DistrictPEER$69,021327 gradsCincinnati State Technical and Community CollegePEER$68,94659 gradsMarion Technical CollegePEER$68,88962 gradsSinclair Community CollegePEER$68,837136 gradsSouthern State Community CollegePEER$68,28838 gradsOhio University-Main CampusPEER$68,2475 gradsEast Ohio CollegePEER$68,16425 gradsKent State University at KentPEER$67,883University of Rio GrandePEER$67,771118 gradsGood Samaritan College of Nursing and Health SciencePEER$67,30488 gradsLorain County Community CollegePEER$66,894146 gradsJames A. Rhodes State CollegePEER$66,098104 gradsAultman College of Nursing and Health SciencesPEER$66,01611 gradsNorth Central State CollegePEER$65,04755 gradsBelmont CollegePEER$64,83427 gradsHocking CollegePEER$64,47149 gradsNorthwest State Community CollegePEER$63,89454 gradsTerra State Community CollegePEER$62,54135 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 →