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Clinical Nurse Leader
CIP 5138 · offered at 2,215 colleges · national median earnings $87,330 · median debt $25,796
CollegeMedian earnings
Sampson Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$12,596 debt$83,909Tri-County Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$83,880University of Holy Cross · LA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$43,500 debt$83,877Durham Technical Community College · NC · Public · Associate's Degree$21,448 debt$83,872University of Charleston · WV · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,250 debt$83,847J Sargeant Reynolds Community College · VA · Public · Associate's Degree$20,502 debt$83,794Denver College of Nursing · CO · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$34,914 debt$83,778Denver College of Nursing-Houston · TX · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$34,914 debt$83,778Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$31,624 debt$83,777Potomac State College of West Virginia University · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$83,750West Virginia University Institute of Technology · WV · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$83,750Southwest Minnesota State University · MN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$33,560 debt$83,735Southwestern Michigan College · MI · Public · Associate's Degree$22,254 debt$83,660Methodist University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$83,653Langston University · OK · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,277 debt$83,643Finger Lakes Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$25,537 debt$83,636Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Associate's Degree$25,537 debt$83,636Lakeview College of Nursing · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,464 debt$83,636Saint Louis Community College · MO · Public · Associate's Degree$16,667 debt$83,602South Louisiana Community College · LA · Public · Associate's Degree$23,354 debt$83,584Kettering College · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$36,192 debt$83,539Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$83,452Western Michigan University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,850 debt$83,449Hudson Valley Community College · NY · Public · Associate's Degree$27,436 debt$83,443Claflin University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,819 debt$83,436Joliet Junior College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$18,617 debt$83,413Lamar State College-Orange · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$26,319 debt$83,395Camden County College · NJ · Public · Associate's Degree$22,600 debt$83,393Rock Valley College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$15,750 debt$83,373Pensacola State College · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$10,617 debt$83,371Oakton College · IL · Public · Associate's Degree$10,000 debt$83,364Broward College · FL · Public · Associate's Degree$13,886 debt$83,358Wiregrass Georgia Technical College · GA · Public · Associate's Degree$11,000 debt$83,348Harrisburg Area Community College · PA · Public · Associate's Degree$28,250 debt$83,337Clarendon College · TX · Public · Associate's Degree$23,788 debt$83,330University of Pittsburgh-Bradford · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$83,313Lewis-Clark State College · ID · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$83,303Spokane Community College · WA · Public · Associate's Degree$25,728 debt$83,272Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$37,000 debt$83,232Mesa Community College · AZ · Public · Associate's Degree$22,750 debt$83,223Where this field leads
Occupations that the U.S. Department of Education maps to this field of study, with national pay from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A crosswalk of what graduates can do — not a placement rate for any one college.
OccupationMedian payU.S. jobs
Registered Nurses$97,5503,379,720
Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860597,080
Nurse Practitioners$132,300323,040
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$80,25077,960
Nurse Anesthetists$236,59051,840
Nurse Midwives$134,0407,920
Sources: U.S. Department of Education CIP–SOC crosswalk; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (national, latest release).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.