College of Southern Idaho Nursing (ADN): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
- Public college
- Twin Falls, ID
- About 75 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
College of Southern Idaho nursing graduates earn about what nursing graduates earn nationally, $65,503 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $18,840 in federal loans, close to the national median of $20,423. Several Idaho programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Idaho and national columns are the medians across all nursing associate's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Idaho nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Idaho medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $200 a month, or 3.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
87% of graduates (54 of 62) were working in Idaho one year after graduating. Prices in the Twin Falls area are about 8% below the national average, so a $65,503 salary here buys what about $71,115 buys in a typical US city.
The median Idaho RN earns $92,460, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Idaho prices, that pay is worth about $96,823, which puts Idaho slightly behind.
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.
Registered Nurses
$92,460Median pay in Idaho. 16,880 people work in this job in Idaho. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 180,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Medical and Health Services Managers
$117,770Median pay in Idaho. 3,920 people work in this job in Idaho. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 24% from 2025 to 2035, with about 62,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Nurse Practitioners
$132,540Median pay in Idaho. 1,750 people work in this job in Idaho. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 41% from 2025 to 2035, with about 29,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Nurse Anesthetists
$263,130Median pay in Idaho. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 2,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About College of Southern Idaho
Nursing ranks 1st of 8 associate's programs at College of Southern Idaho by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($65,503), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($54,939), and Vehicle Maintenance and Repair ($44,037).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $65,503 one year after graduating. Registered nurses in the Twin Falls metro area earn a median of $82,680 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $18,840, which ranks 2nd lowest of 6 nursing associate's programs in Idaho. That works out to about $200 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 29% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 29%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Idaho programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 87% (54 of 62) were working in Idaho one year after graduating.
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 Idaho 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
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024