Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

8,310 students earn a health/medical preparatory programs credential each year across 302 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $33,689
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $65,844

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 151 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona385$36,0581 year out$55,479$25,993 2Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona207$36,0581 year out$55,479$25,993 3Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas166$30,1641 year out$65,917$25,000 4Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon141$33,6421 year out$103,024$23,168 5Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois139$31,8991 year out$54,266$27,000 6Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia132$28,8151 year out$44,975$25,000 7Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts109$30,4391 year out$89,690$27,000 8Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania104$33,8351 year out$83,595$24,030 9University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama99$32,8681 year out$50,197$28,995 10University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana85—1 year out$66,444$18,520 11Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington77$29,2381 year out$55,447$17,854 12Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois71$16,0511 year out$63,103$23,250 13University of DaytonDayton, Ohio69$20,2631 year out$71,240$24,794 14Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania66—1 year out——15South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee65—1 year out——16Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania53—1 year out——17Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania50$37,4911 year out$72,318$27,000 18Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois44$33,0181 year out$67,458$21,375 19Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana44$37,6381 year out$71,579$25,732 20Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama39—1 year out——21University of ProvidenceGreat Falls, Montana34—1 year out——22University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio34—1 year out——23Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland33$28,9451 year out—$24,875 24Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan33—1 year out——25Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio32$23,7551 year out$59,581$20,738 26Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania32—1 year out——27Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee32—1 year out$76,759—28Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado31$28,5341 year out—$18,500 29Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland31$43,9301 year out—$31,000 30University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio30$31,2181 year out—$25,000 31Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, Pennsylvania30—1 year out——32Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah29$20,4751 year out——33University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas28—1 year out—$25,369 34Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania27—1 year out——35Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York26—1 year out—$27,000 36The University of FindlayFindlay, Ohio25—1 year out$58,489$26,000 37University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire24—1 year out——38Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, Indiana23—1 year out—$24,250 39Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania23—1 year out—$23,250 40University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico20—1 year out——41La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California18—1 year out$52,792—42Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois18—1 year out$60,119$27,000 43Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts18—1 year out——44Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, Louisiana17—1 year out——45Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan17$32,7531 year out$47,136$31,000 46Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, Ohio16—1 year out——47Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois15—1 year out$65,844$30,000 48Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas15—1 year out——49Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York15—1 year out——50Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio15$41,9241 year out$58,519$27,000 51West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——52Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont15$38,5491 year out$51,071—53Southwestern CollegeWinfield, Kansas14—1 year out——54Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee14—1 year out——55Ferrum CollegeFerrum, Virginia14—1 year out——56Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington14—1 year out——57Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa13—1 year out——58University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota13—1 year out$43,749$21,500 59Guilford CollegeGreensboro, North Carolina13—1 year out—$27,000 60Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——61University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida12—1 year out——62Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——63Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake, Indiana11—1 year out——64Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa11—1 year out——65Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, Ohio11—1 year out——66Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada11$85,0071 year out——67Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana10—1 year out——68University of DubuqueDubuque, Iowa10—1 year out——69University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico10—1 year out——70Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York10—1 year out——71Averett UniversityDanville, Virginia10—1 year out$58,414$27,000 72Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina, Kansas9—1 year out——73Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma9—1 year out——74National University of Natural MedicinePortland, Oregon9—1 year out——75Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina9—1 year out——76Avila UniversityKansas City, Missouri8—1 year out——77William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey8—1 year out——78Bluffton UniversityBluffton, Ohio8—1 year out——79Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina8—1 year out——80Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, Tennessee8—1 year out——81St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida7—1 year out——82Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois7—1 year out——83Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan7—1 year out——84Cornerstone UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan7—1 year out——85Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey7—1 year out——86Kettering CollegeKettering, Ohio7—1 year out——87Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas7—1 year out——88Mississippi Christian UniversityClinton, Mississippi6—1 year out——89Valley City State UniversityValley City, North Dakota6—1 year out——90Heidelberg UniversityTiffin, Ohio6—1 year out——91University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma6—1 year out——92Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——93Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, North Carolina5—1 year out——94Mount Marty UniversityYankton, South Dakota5—1 year out——95Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon5$33,6421 year out$103,024$23,168 96University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas4—1 year out——97Harding UniversitySearcy, Arkansas4—1 year out——98California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California4—1 year out——99Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia4—1 year out——100Mercy College of Health SciencesDes Moines, Iowa4—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 112 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee765—1 year out——2Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma275$30,6051 year out$58,516$18,744 3Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia242$23,7591 year out$45,584$13,149 4Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, Mississippi212$21,3261 year out$34,801$11,000 5Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey202$26,5961 year out$44,612$9,499 6Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey114—1 year out——7Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey89$29,3781 year out—$9,867 8Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California86$28,4481 year out——9University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska83$83,9331 year out$85,944$21,961 10East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi78—1 year out$34,866—11Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri67$30,7361 year out—$11,000 12Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California65—1 year out——13Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi65—1 year out——14Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead, Mississippi64—1 year out——15Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, Arkansas63—1 year out$39,980$6,625 16Connors State CollegeWarner, Oklahoma60—1 year out$73,844—17Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas58—1 year out——18Howard CollegeBig Spring, Texas44$18,9221 year out—$14,650 19Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska43$32,8401 year out$58,150$14,068 20Grayson CollegeDenison, Texas33—1 year out——21Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas31—1 year out$64,185$14,949 22Temple CollegeTemple, Texas29—1 year out——23Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, Oklahoma28—1 year out$62,558$20,500 24South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas27—1 year out——25Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah27—1 year out——26Hill CollegeHillsboro, Texas26—1 year out—$13,925 27Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina19—1 year out——28Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma19—1 year out—$14,236 29San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico18—1 year out——30Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi16—1 year out$31,067—31Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming15—1 year out——32Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina14—1 year out——33Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas13—1 year out——34Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri13—1 year out——35Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada13—1 year out——36College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland12—1 year out——37Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluff, Nebraska12—1 year out——38Palau Community CollegeKoror, Palau11—1 year out——39Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi10—1 year out$35,679—40University of New Mexico-Los Alamos CampusLos Alamos, New Mexico10—1 year out——41Galveston CollegeGalveston, Texas10—1 year out——42Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan9$12,0101 year out—$18,495 43Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, Mississippi9$21,0701 year out$27,215—44Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis, Tennessee9—1 year out——45Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas8—1 year out——46College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, North Carolina7—1 year out——47Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North Carolina7—1 year out——48Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, North Carolina7—1 year out——49Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba, Michigan6—1 year out——50Missouri State University-West PlainsWest Plains, Missouri6—1 year out——51Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio6—1 year out——52South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas6—1 year out——53Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts5—1 year out——54Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit, Michigan5—1 year out——55Haywood Community CollegeClyde, North Carolina5—1 year out——56Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, North Carolina5—1 year out——57Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——58Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts4—1 year out——59Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri4—1 year out——60Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina4—1 year out——61Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina4—1 year out——62Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, North Carolina4—1 year out——63Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, North Carolina4—1 year out——64Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington4—1 year out——65Northwest CollegePowell, Wyoming4—1 year out——66Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona3—1 year out——67Alpena Community CollegeAlpena, Michigan3—1 year out$65,481—68Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan3—1 year out——69Fort Peck Community CollegePoplar, Montana3—1 year out——70Little Big Horn CollegeCrow Agency, Montana3—1 year out——71North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio3—1 year out——72Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——73Emmanuel UniversityFranklin Springs, Georgia2—1 year out——74Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas2—1 year out——75Dodge City Community CollegeDodge City, Kansas2—1 year out——76Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, North Carolina2—1 year out——77Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina2—1 year out——78Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, North Carolina2—1 year out——79Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina2—1 year out——80McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, North Carolina2—1 year out——81Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, North Carolina2—1 year out——82Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina2—1 year out——83Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah2—1 year out——84St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri2—1 year out——85Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles, California1—1 year out$98,527$15,875 86North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho1—1 year out——87College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho1—1 year out——88Independence Community CollegeIndependence, Kansas1—1 year out——89Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi1—1 year out$33,340$6,528 90Helena College University of MontanaHelena, Montana1—1 year out——91Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey1—1 year out——92Salem Community CollegeCarneys Point, New Jersey1—1 year out——93Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina1—1 year out——94Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina1—1 year out——95Sampson Community CollegeClinton, North Carolina1—1 year out——96Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina1—1 year out——97Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——98Pennsylvania Institute of TechnologyMedia, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——99Johnson UniversityKnoxville, Tennessee1—1 year out——100Mountwest Community and Technical CollegeHuntington, West Virginia1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 55 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina448—1 year out——2Clark State CollegeSpringfield, Ohio227—1 year out——3Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina194—1 year out—$17,239 4Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina160$30,1011 year out$45,428$13,250 5Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, South Carolina80—1 year out—$18,933 6National Park CollegeHot Springs, Arkansas76$61,8281 year out—$14,740 7University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio70—1 year out——8La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California46—1 year out——9Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, Arkansas38—1 year out——10Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois33—1 year out——11Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri21—1 year out——12South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee20—1 year out——13Navajo Technical UniversityCrownpoint, New Mexico18—1 year out——14Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan17—1 year out——15Denmark Technical CollegeDenmark, South Carolina17—1 year out——16Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield, Massachusetts15—1 year out——17Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma15—1 year out——18Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia14—1 year out——19Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana13—1 year out——20University of KansasLawrence, Kansas12—1 year out——21Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri11$50,3811 year out$45,756$15,962 22American Public University SystemCharles Town, West Virginia9—1 year out——23Lake Erie College of Osteopathic MedicineErie, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——24Arkansas State University-Mountain HomeMountain Home, Arkansas8—1 year out——25University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska4—1 year out——26University of Alaska SoutheastJuneau, Alaska4—1 year out——27Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut4—1 year out——28CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York4—1 year out——29Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia4—1 year out——30Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island3—1 year out——31Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstree, South Carolina3—1 year out——32Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community CollegeRuidoso, New Mexico3—1 year out——33University of HartfordWest Hartford, Connecticut2—1 year out——34American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia2—1 year out——35Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——36University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts2—1 year out——37Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan2—1 year out——38Mesalands Community CollegeTucumcari, New Mexico2—1 year out——39Stone Child CollegeBox Elder, Montana2—1 year out——40Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——41University of Southern IndianaEvansville, Indiana1—1 year out——42Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——43Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri1—1 year out——44San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico1—1 year out——45CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York1—1 year out——46Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio1—1 year out——47Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——48Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina1—1 year out——49The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas1—1 year out——50Western Wyoming Community CollegeRock Springs, Wyoming1—1 year out——51Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California——1 year out$79,742—52East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi——1 year out—$8,375 53Meredith CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina—$29,4121 year out—$30,335 54Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia—$65,3621 year out—$10,837 55Los Angeles Pacific UniversityGlendora, California——1 year out—$18,500

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).