Program Payoff

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing programs in Texas

84 schools in Texas teach this, at certificate or associate level. 55 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $72,369 at College of the Mainland.

What this work pays in Texas

Registered Nurses in Texas earn a median of $95,970 a year across 271,380 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Texas
Medical and Health Services Managers$114,15058,420
Nurse Practitioners$131,67025,970
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$84,9306,830
Nurse Anesthetists$244,9904,060
Nurse Midwives$123,380290

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
College of the Mainland Texas City Associate's degree $5,855 $72,369 (33 grads) 70
Laredo College Laredo Associate's degree $72,369 (38 grads) 25
Central Texas College Killeen Associate's degree $9,457 $67,101 (22 grads) 70
Texas Southmost College Brownsville Associate's degree $66,036 (50 grads) 21
Lamar State College-Orange Orange Associate's degree $19,146 $65,765 (29 grads) 31
Lone Star College System The Woodlands Associate's degree $9,000 $65,362 (157 grads) 312
San Jacinto Community College Pasadena Associate's degree $9,695 $65,066 (91 grads) 207
Alvin Community College Alvin Associate's degree $8,902 $64,990 (21 grads) 81
Galveston College Galveston Associate's degree $14,541 $64,493 (29 grads) 38
Texas State Technical College Waco Associate's degree $15,746 $64,150 (59 grads) 57
Grayson College Denison Associate's degree $11,287 $63,997 (22 grads) 98
Howard College Big Spring Associate's degree $12,062 $63,997 (30 grads) 71
South Texas College McAllen Associate's degree $63,898 (190 grads) 278
Weatherford College Weatherford Associate's degree $13,015 $63,563 (100 grads) 157
Temple College Temple Associate's degree $13,062 $63,377 (82 grads) 98
Brazosport College Lake Jackson Associate's degree $63,005 (22 grads) 20
Houston City College Houston Associate's degree $12,455 $63,005 (42 grads) 276
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health Lubbock Associate's degree $12,971 $62,508 (46 grads)
Southwest Texas College Uvalde Associate's degree $62,409 (13 grads) 33
Victoria College Victoria Associate's degree $13,933 $62,192 (70 grads) 68
Lee College Baytown Associate's degree $9,500 $62,154 (38 grads) 17
South Plains College Levelland Associate's degree $17,153 $61,651 (34 grads) 74
Dallas College Dallas Associate's degree $11,250 $61,281 (76 grads) 260
Clarendon College Clarendon Associate's degree $17,588 $61,020 (24 grads) 44
Blinn College District Brenham Associate's degree $16,875 $60,689 (54 grads) 100
Baptist Health System School of Health Professions San Antonio Associate's degree $19,562 $60,600 (127 grads) 223
Collin County Community College District McKinney Associate's degree $6,968 $60,399 (40 grads) 174
Del Mar College Corpus Christi Associate's degree $7,000 $59,964 (70 grads) 156
Angelina College Lufkin Associate's degree $59,640 (69 grads) 64
El Paso Community College El Paso Associate's degree $9,092 $59,253 (111 grads) 135
Navarro College Corsicana Associate's degree $14,250 $59,011 (80 grads) 127
Austin Community College District Austin Associate's degree $14,162 $58,830 (214 grads) 325
Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio San Antonio Associate's degree $24,808 $58,358 (870 grads) 520
Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus Round Rock Associate's degree $24,808 $58,358 (870 grads) 0
Galen Health Institutes-Dallas Richardson Associate's degree $24,808 $58,358 (870 grads)
Galen Health Institutes-Houston Houston Associate's degree $24,808 $58,358 (870 grads) 0
Vernon College Vernon Associate's degree $15,624 $58,221 (102 grads) 68
San Antonio College San Antonio Associate's degree $10,293 $57,770 (190 grads) 205
Lamar State College-Port Arthur Port Arthur Associate's degree $15,750 $57,318 (13 grads) 43
North Central Texas College Gainesville Associate's degree $15,440 $57,318 (27 grads) 77
Wharton County Junior College Wharton Associate's degree $9,569 $57,318 (37 grads) 49
Amarillo College Amarillo Associate's degree $17,586 $57,149 (111 grads) 205
McLennan Community College Waco Associate's degree $14,152 $56,738 (74 grads) 56
Midland College Midland Associate's degree $56,415 (19 grads) 46
Odessa College Odessa Associate's degree $11,500 $56,415 (36 grads) 59
Trinity Valley Community College Athens Associate's degree $13,500 $56,043 (123 grads) 100
Tarrant County College District Fort Worth Associate's degree $11,368 $55,724 (151 grads) 342
Kilgore College Kilgore Associate's degree $18,951 $55,422 (54 grads) 69
Tyler Junior College Tyler Associate's degree $13,623 $55,383 (105 grads) 171
Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health Lubbock Undergraduate certificate $54,869 (16 grads) 164
Hallmark University San Antonio Associate's degree $54,701 (48 grads)
Panola College Carthage Undergraduate certificate $52,550 (14 grads) 0
Texarkana College Texarkana Associate's degree $11,895 $52,107 (40 grads) 89
Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant Associate's degree $13,000 $51,106 (41 grads) 42
Rio Grande Valley College Pharr Undergraduate certificate $13,498 $41,193 (120 grads)
Lone Star College System The Woodlands Undergraduate certificate $6,750 not published 151
Ranger College Ranger Associate's degree $17,624 not published 51
Rio Grande Valley College Pharr Associate's degree $15,750 not published 27
Southwest University at El Paso El Paso Associate's degree $32,500 not published 22
The Chicago School-College of Nursing Richardson Associate's degree $23,918 not published 23
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest Houston Associate's degree $24,166 not published 21
Alvin Community College Alvin Undergraduate certificate not published 64
Central Texas College Killeen Undergraduate certificate not published 4
Cisco College Cisco Associate's degree not published 47
Coastal Bend College Beeville Associate's degree not published 101
Dallas College Dallas Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Del Mar College Corpus Christi Undergraduate certificate not published 0
El Paso Community College El Paso Undergraduate certificate not published 93
Hill College Hillsboro Associate's degree not published 17
Jacksonville College-Main Campus Jacksonville Associate's degree not published
Midland College Midland Undergraduate certificate not published 1
Northwest Vista College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 0
Panola College Carthage Associate's degree not published 40
Paris Junior College Paris Associate's degree not published 55
St Philip's College San Antonio Associate's degree not published 10
Tarrant County College District Fort Worth Undergraduate certificate not published 0
Temple College Temple Undergraduate certificate not published 22
Texas Christian University Fort Worth Undergraduate certificate not published 0
The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa Undergraduate certificate not published 0
The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington Undergraduate certificate not published
Trinity Valley Community College Athens Undergraduate certificate not published 37
University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio Undergraduate certificate not published
Western Texas College Snyder Associate's degree not published
Wharton County Junior College Wharton Undergraduate certificate not published 0

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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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.