Registered Nursing Programs in Chicago

Registered Nursing is a licensure degree: clinical rotations plus the NCLEX exam lead straight into hospital and clinic roles. It posts some of the highest one-year earnings of any bachelor major because demand is deep in nearly every metro.

Programs below are ranked only when a college figure rests on at least 100 graduates. Programs on 30 to 99 graduates carry a small-program flag and are listed, not ranked. Anything smaller shows the national median for the major, badged as such.

Ranked Registered Nursing Programs in Chicago

CollegeMajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Loyola University ChicagoRegistered Nursing$82,706 n=711$27,000 n=548

Smaller Programs and National-Median Programs

These programs are too small for a trustworthy ranked figure, or their college figure is not published. They are listed, not ranked.

CollegeMajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
DePaul UniversityRegistered Nursing$84,093 National median for this major n=221,244Not published

Colleges in This Area

CollegeCityProgram Data
University of Illinois ChicagoChicagoProgram data not yet published
DePaul UniversityChicagoProgram data not yet published
Loyola University ChicagoChicagoProgram data not yet published
University of ChicagoChicagoProgram data not yet published
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicagoProgram data not yet published
Columbia College ChicagoChicagoProgram data not yet published

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