Hesston College Nursing (BSN): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
- Private nonprofit college
- Hesston, KS
- About 38 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Hesston College nursing graduates earn less than graduates of most nursing programs nationally, $68,338 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $27,000. Several Kansas programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Kansas and national columns are the medians across all nursing bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Kansas nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Kansas 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 about the same in their first year as other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $30,844 against $24,899.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 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
80% of graduates (70 of 87) were working in Kansas one year after graduating. Prices in the Wichita area are about 11% below the national average, so a $68,338 salary here buys what about $76,831 buys in a typical US city.
The median Kansas RN earns $79,320, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Kansas prices, that pay is worth about $88,067, which puts Kansas 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
$79,320Median pay in Kansas. 33,800 people work in this job in Kansas. 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
$111,030Median pay in Kansas. 5,120 people work in this job in Kansas. 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
$126,650Median pay in Kansas. 3,780 people work in this job in Kansas. 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
$212,090Median pay in Kansas. 910 people work in this job in Kansas. 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 Hesston College
Nursing is the only bachelor's program at Hesston College that reports first-year earnings.
Other nursing bachelor's programs near Hesston
Common questions
The median graduate earns $68,338 one year after graduating. Registered nurses in the Wichita metro area earn a median of $76,540 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 9th lowest of 15 nursing bachelor's programs in Kansas. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 40% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 36%. Compare the cost with other Kansas programs before deciding.
Most do. 80% (70 of 87) were working in Kansas 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 Kansas 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