Which Oklahoma nursing program has the lowest debt?

Carl Albert State College reports the lowest median federal debt, $13,625, with first-year pay of $69,264.

How much do nursing graduates earn in Oklahoma?

The median across 13 Oklahoma nursing associate's programs is $68,544 in the first year after graduating and $73,996 five years after. Registered nurses in Oklahoma earn a median of $82,920 across all experience levels.

How many nursing associate's programs are in Oklahoma?

13 Oklahoma programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Nursing (ADN) Programs in Oklahoma, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

13 programs report first-year pay
13 also report federal debt
Associate's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Oklahoma nursing associate's program pays its graduates $68,544 in their first year, $23 more than the national median. Rose State College reports the highest first-year pay ($76,453), and Carl Albert State College the lowest median debt ($13,625).

Median first-year pay$68,544National $68,521

Median pay after 5 years$73,996National $74,126

Median federal debt$21,520National $20,423

Debt-to-earnings34%National 29%

All 13 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Rose State CollegeMidwest City · public	$76,453	$73,996	$16,900	22%
2	Connors State CollegeWarner · public	$72,430	$79,186	$26,130	36%
3	Murray State CollegeTishomingo · public	$71,869	$71,376	$24,990	35%
4	Oklahoma City Community CollegeOklahoma City · public	$70,463	$75,562	$20,334	29%
5	Carl Albert State CollegePoteau · public	$69,264	$71,378	$13,625	20%
6	Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee · public	$69,065	$78,293	$21,475	31%
7	Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa · public	$68,544	$76,047	$24,700	36%
8	Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City · public	$68,070	$76,853	$21,565	32%
9	Rogers StateClaremore · public	$63,902	$71,023	$30,250	47%
10	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami · public	$62,207	$65,291	$26,658	43%
11	Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno · public	$61,453	$69,903	$20,625	34%
12	Western Oklahoma State CollegeAltus · public	$60,489	$71,156	$23,000	38%
13	Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa · public	$57,846	$56,527	$18,131	31%

One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Oklahoma nursing program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 13 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

What registered nurses earn in Oklahoma

Pay for registered nurses in Oklahoma, across all experience levels, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Registered Nurses

$82,920

Median pay in Oklahoma. 38,270 people work in this job in Oklahoma. 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.

Bottom 10%: $60,530Top 10%: $106,390

Common questions

Rose State College in Midwest City reports the highest median first-year pay, $76,453. Its median federal debt is $16,900.

Nursing (ADN) programs in the US, ranked845 programs by pay and debt Nursing (BSN) programs in Oklahoma, ranked17 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 Oklahoma rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the nursing associate's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024