Aspen University Nursing (BSN): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt

How it compares

Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Arizona and national columns are the medians across all nursing bachelor's programs that report the figure.

Debt and first-year pay at every Arizona nursing program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Arizona medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Does family income change the outcome?

Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $5,777 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.

Paying back the loans

On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $390 a month, or 5.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.

Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth

Prices in the Phoenix area are about 3% above the national average, so a $94,023 salary here buys what about $91,005 buys in a typical US city.

The median Arizona RN earns $99,500, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Arizona prices, that pay is worth about $98,831, which puts Arizona slightly ahead.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to nursing, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

About Aspen University

Nursing ranks 1st of 3 bachelor's programs at Aspen University by first-year earnings. The others are Business Administration ($54,922) and Teacher Education ($31,557).

Other nursing bachelor's programs near Phoenix

Common questions

About this data

• Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
• Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
• Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
• Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arizona comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
• Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
• School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the nursing program.

Sources

1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
4. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
5. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024

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