North Central State College Nursing (ADN): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
- Public college
- Mansfield, OH
- About 51 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
North Central State College nursing graduates earn less than graduates of most nursing programs nationally, $63,650 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $13,833 in federal loans, less than at 84% of nursing programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying nursing degrees in Ohio.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Ohio and national columns are the medians across all nursing associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, North Central State College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,899 less than the Ohio median. Several Ohio programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio nursing program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 2% between the first and fifth year. Registered nurses in Ohio earn a median of $82,510 across all experience levels, which shows how much room there is to grow after the first few years.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate. BLS figures cover registered nurses at every experience level.
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. They also borrowed less. At this program, the outcome does not look worse for students with less money.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $147 a month, or 2.8% 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
97% of graduates (96 of 99) were working in Ohio one year after graduating. Prices in the Mansfield area are about 11% below the national average, so a $63,650 salary here buys what about $71,620 buys in a typical US city.
The median Ohio RN earns $82,510, compared with a national median of $97,550. After adjusting for Ohio prices, that pay is worth about $88,937, which puts Ohio 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
$82,510Median pay in Ohio. 143,730 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$106,140Median pay in Ohio. 24,390 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$124,870Median pay in Ohio. 15,400 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$231,810Median pay in Ohio. 2,300 people work in this job in Ohio. 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 North Central State College
Nursing ranks 1st of 4 associate's programs at North Central State College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($63,650), Criminal Justice ($47,397), and Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($47,262).
Other nursing associate's programs near Mansfield
Common questions
The median graduate earns $63,650 one year after graduating and $65,047 five years after. Registered nurses in the Mansfield metro area earn a median of $81,300 across all experience levels.
The median federal loan balance is $13,833, which ranks the lowest of 33 nursing associate's programs in Ohio. That works out to about $147 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 22% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 29%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Ohio programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 97% (96 of 99) were working in Ohio 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 Ohio 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