Watts College of Nursing

Durham, North Carolina

Private Nonprofit City: Large

Watts College of Nursing is a private nonprofit institution in Durham, North Carolina enrolling 124 students, according to the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.. This profile includes admissions data, graduation rates, program-level earnings, and cost breakdowns to help students compare colleges using official federal data.

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Watts College of Nursing

Watts College of Nursing operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Durham, North Carolina (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 124 students of which 159 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Watts College of Nursing is categorized as “-2” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. Admission rate data is not currently reported for this institution. Net price data is not yet reported and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.1%.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable. Ten-year median earnings data is not yet published. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.

Quick Facts

124
Total enrollment
Acceptance rate
SAT average
4-yr graduation rate
10-yr median earnings
First-year retention

Student Demographics

White 48.4%
African American 25.8%
Hispanic or Latino 8.1%
Asian 7.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.8%

Programs & Earnings

Program Credential Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Certificate 4 $77,190

Data Sources

Data as of 2024-25 academic year. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Primary: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Data reflects most recent available year.

Institutional characteristics: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) institutional characteristics file.

Earnings: Median earnings 6 and 10 years after enrollment, from U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal student aid data.

Program data: Credential-level earnings from the College Scorecard Field of Study dataset.

All federal data sources used on this page

Earnings data sourced from IRS records via the U.S. Treasury–Department of Education matching used by the College Scorecard.