CIP 5138 · Bachelor's Degree · West Texas A & M University

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing at West Texas A & M University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of West Texas A & M University. 154 completers in the most recent 4-year window (132 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $86,932.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$86,932
Texas CIP-4 median $86,054
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$72,915
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$18,750
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
154
132 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 West Texas A & M University

2.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $18,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $86,932.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.9%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Texas CIP 5138 peer-median earnings $86,054.

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$18,750
$20,205$16,71020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019154
15610820142019
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
$837,960
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 7
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 7year 0year 39
Cost per year
$20,915
HS-only baseline · TX
$37,300
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 Texas institutions

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

UT ArlingtonPEER$97,8553,456 gradsPrairie View A&MPEER$97,495114 gradsUniversity of Houston-VictoriaPEER$94,34125 gradsHouston Christian UniversityPEER$94,329184 gradsLamar UniversityPEER$94,100204 gradsThe University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonPEER$93,264426 gradsSchreiner UniversityPEER$93,24157 gradsLubbock Christian UniversityPEER$92,39251 gradsTCUPEER$91,050193 gradsUHPEER$90,501111 gradsSouthwestern Adventist UniversityPEER$89,47847 gradsTexas A&M University-TexarkanaPEER$89,36012 gradsMidwestern State UniversityPEER$88,837193 gradsThe University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonPEER$88,238367 gradsTexas Tech University Health Sciences CenterPEER$88,194917 gradsThe University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyPEER$87,98991 gradsTexas Woman's UniversityPEER$87,683470 gradsTexas A & M University-CommercePEER$87,33830 gradsTexas A & M International UniversityPEER$87,167110 grads
West Texas A & M UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$86,932154 grads
Tarleton State UniversityPEER$86,067192 gradsStephen F Austin State UniversityPEER$86,054151 gradsTexas A&MPEER$85,772189 gradsMcMurry UniversityPEER$85,5348 gradsRemington College-Dallas CampusPEER$85,299Sam Houston State UniversityPEER$85,287142 gradsBaptist Health System School of Health ProfessionsPEER$85,09012 gradsUTEPPEER$84,537297 gradsUT AustinPEER$82,838138 gradsAngelo State UniversityPEER$81,97778 gradsThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioPEER$81,823334 gradsBaylorPEER$81,389267 gradsConcordia University TexasPEER$81,278235 gradsEast Texas Baptist UniversityPEER$80,74639 gradsTexas A & M University-Corpus ChristiPEER$80,552251 gradsThe University of Texas at TylerPEER$79,481630 gradsHardin-Simmons UniversityPEER$79,2149 gradsUniversity of the Incarnate WordPEER$78,70495 gradsUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorPEER$77,999159 gradsAbilene Christian UniversityPEER$75,74565 gradsTexas State UniversityPEER$73,21085 gradsThe University of Texas Permian BasinPEER$60,41447 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 →