CIP 5138 · Bachelor's Degree · West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of West Chester University of Pennsylvania. 202 completers in the most recent 4-year window (143 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $87,283.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$87,283
Pennsylvania CIP-4 median $85,853
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$77,351
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
202
143 most recent year
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 · 20142016$18,614
$20,150$18,61420142016
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019202
20212720142019
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
$832,269
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 7year 0year 39
Cost per year
$20,275
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 grads
West Chester University of PennsylvaniaTHIS PROGRAM$87,283202 grads
Mount 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 gradsMisericordia UniversityPEER$76,35787 gradsIndiana 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 →