Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing programs in New Jersey
27 schools in New Jersey teach this, at certificate or associate level. 20 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $76,460 at Essex County College.
What this work pays in New Jersey
Registered Nurses in New Jersey earn a median of $106,500 a year across 92,680 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| Medical and Health Services Managers | $145,650 | 16,900 |
| Nurse Practitioners | $159,310 | 9,950 |
| Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary | $76,980 | 2,000 |
| Nurse Midwives | $153,970 | 120 |
| Nurse Anesthetists | $291,350 | — |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County College Newark | Associate's degree | — | $76,460 (25 grads) | 37 |
| Eastwick College-Ramsey Ramsey | Associate's degree | — | $75,413 (113 grads) | 12 |
| Passaic County Community College Paterson | Associate's degree | — | $73,949 (27 grads) | 54 |
| Bergen Community College Paramus | Associate's degree | $13,641 | $71,575 (35 grads) | 100 |
| Eastern International College-Jersey City Jersey City | Associate's degree | $28,775 | $71,015 (19 grads) | 47 |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, New Jersey Cranford | Associate's degree | $21,000 | $70,456 (132 grads) | 288 |
| Jersey College Teterboro | Associate's degree | $26,042 | $69,736 (452 grads) | 646 |
| Hudson County Community College Jersey City | Associate's degree | $18,325 | $68,858 (30 grads) | 109 |
| Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing Englewood Cliffs | Undergraduate certificate | $20,000 | $68,499 (32 grads) | 59 |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft | Associate's degree | $15,120 | $68,079 (58 grads) | 124 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland | Associate's degree | $13,792 | $67,660 (52 grads) | 34 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell | Associate's degree | $13,792 | $67,660 (52 grads) | 59 |
| Camden County College Blackwood | Associate's degree | $19,232 | $67,420 (26 grads) | 91 |
| Salem Community College Carneys Point | Associate's degree | $12,000 | $65,332 (11 grads) | 40 |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg | Associate's degree | $14,125 | $64,791 (51 grads) | 73 |
| Ocean County College Toms River | Associate's degree | $18,843 | $62,856 (81 grads) | 109 |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel | Associate's degree | $11,250 | $62,632 (41 grads) | 115 |
| Middlesex College Edison | Associate's degree | $15,250 | $61,218 (39 grads) | 57 |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing | Associate's degree | $15,000 | $58,673 (20 grads) | 153 |
| County College of Morris Randolph | Associate's degree | — | $57,318 (36 grads) | 107 |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor | Associate's degree | $10,362 | not published | 103 |
| Best Care College East Orange | Associate's degree | — | not published | 9 |
| Capital Health School of Nursing Trenton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 37 |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack Hackensack | Associate's degree | — | not published | 43 |
| JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools Plainfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 167 |
| Monmouth University West Long Branch | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Warren County Community College Washington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 20 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
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The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.