<p>If one is looking for ROI, you probably can get the best from a two-year RN degree at a community college, completing the pre-reqs. while in high school (so it will take only a year or a year-and-a-half.) While folks are paying $60k in COA, you’d be collecting $60k a year for three years. So you start out, $50k ahead in the first year, and then $120k a year ahead for the following, for a total of $370k. That’s quite an ROI handicap.</p>