Best Payout Nursing Programs

While income and debt are not the only factors that should go into making college and major choices, folks can use this database, posted by Robert Kelchen, to find programs that may be of interest to them. The database of nearly 46,000 programs allows folks to filter through a variety of variables.  As an example, here are the top nursing programs in terms of income-to-debt ratio.                                

Fresno City College	Associate's Degree	77104	3500		0.0453932
California State University-Monterey Bay	Bachelors Degree	109260	6875		0.0629233
Santa Ana College	Associate's Degree	68741	5250		0.0763736
Carl Sandburg College	Associate's Degree	56882	4428		0.0778454
Gateway Community College	Associate's Degree	66205	5500		0.0830753
Del Mar College	Associate's Degree	63193	5250		0.0830788
El Paso Community College	Associate's Degree	59530	5250		0.0881908
College of the Sequoias	Associate's Degree	81475	7425		0.0911322
Pacific College	Bachelors Degree	114248	10500		0.0919053
CUNY LaGuardia Community College	Associate's Degree	76719	7437		0.0969382
Naugatuck Valley Community College	Associate's Degree	65433	6350		0.0970458
Pensacola State College	Associate's Degree	52065	5085		0.0976664
Richland Community College	Associate's Degree	56895	5820		0.1022937
CUNY Graduate School and University Center	Bachelors Degree	94707	9950		0.1050609
Lake Land College	Associate's Degree	55580	5900		0.1061533