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 graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles, California0$93,2381 year out—$27,000 2Nevada State UniversityHenderson, Nevada11$85,0071 year out——3Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri0$68,6481 year out—$23,625 4Wingate UniversityWingate, North Carolina—$53,6811 year out—$23,751 5Coppin State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland31$43,9301 year out—$31,000 6Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio15$41,9241 year out$58,519$27,000 7Kent State University at AshtabulaAshtabula, Ohio0$41,9241 year out$58,519$27,000 8Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio—$39,6421 year out$65,856$22,334 9Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont15$38,5491 year out$51,071—10Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana44$37,6381 year out$71,579$25,732 11Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania50$37,4911 year out$72,318$27,000 12Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona385$36,0581 year out$55,479$25,993 13Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona207$36,0581 year out$55,479$25,993 14Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan2$35,3741 year out$65,087$26,300 15Miami University-HamiltonHamilton, Ohio—$34,9231 year out$66,995$23,562 16Miami University-MiddletownMiddletown, Ohio—$34,9231 year out$66,995$23,562 17Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio—$34,9231 year out$66,995$23,562 18Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania104$33,8351 year out$83,595$24,030 19University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado—$33,6891 year out—$25,000 20Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon141$33,6421 year out$103,024$23,168 21Oregon State University-Cascades CampusBend, Oregon5$33,6421 year out$103,024$23,168 22Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois44$33,0181 year out$67,458$21,375 23University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama99$32,8681 year out$50,197$28,995 24Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan17$32,7531 year out$47,136$31,000 25Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois139$31,8991 year out$54,266$27,000 26University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio30$31,2181 year out—$25,000 27Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts109$30,4391 year out$89,690$27,000 28Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas166$30,1641 year out$65,917$25,000 29Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington77$29,2381 year out$55,447$17,854 30Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland33$28,9451 year out—$24,875 31Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—$28,8921 year out$55,432$22,464 32Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia132$28,8151 year out$44,975$25,000 33Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado31$28,5341 year out—$18,500 34Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio32$23,7551 year out$59,581$20,738 35Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah29$20,4751 year out——36University of DaytonDayton, Ohio69$20,2631 year out$71,240$24,794 37Benedictine UniversityLisle, Illinois71$16,0511 year out$63,103$23,250 38University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana85—1 year out$66,444$18,520 39Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania66—1 year out——40South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee65—1 year out——41Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania53—1 year out——42Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama39—1 year out——43University of ProvidenceGreat Falls, Montana34—1 year out——44University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio34—1 year out——45Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan33—1 year out——46Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania32—1 year out——47Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee32—1 year out$76,759—48Seton Hill UniversityGreensburg, Pennsylvania30—1 year out——49University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas28—1 year out—$25,369 50Grove City CollegeGrove City, Pennsylvania27—1 year out——51Nazareth UniversityRochester, New York26—1 year out—$27,000 52The University of FindlayFindlay, Ohio25—1 year out$58,489$26,000 53University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire24—1 year out——54Manchester UniversityNorth Manchester, Indiana23—1 year out—$24,250 55Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania23—1 year out—$23,250 56University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico20—1 year out——57La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California18—1 year out$52,792—58Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois18—1 year out$60,119$27,000 59Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts18—1 year out——60Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, Louisiana17—1 year out——61Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, Ohio16—1 year out——62Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois15—1 year out$65,844$30,000 63Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas15—1 year out——64Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York15—1 year out——65West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania15—1 year out——66Southwestern CollegeWinfield, Kansas14—1 year out——67Trevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, Tennessee14—1 year out——68Ferrum CollegeFerrum, Virginia14—1 year out——69Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, Washington14—1 year out——70Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa13—1 year out——71University of Northwestern-St PaulSaint Paul, Minnesota13—1 year out$43,749$21,500 72Guilford CollegeGreensboro, North Carolina13—1 year out—$27,000 73Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania13—1 year out——74University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida12—1 year out——75Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania12—1 year out——76Grace College and Theological SeminaryWinona Lake, Indiana11—1 year out——77Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa11—1 year out——78Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, Ohio11—1 year out——79Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana10—1 year out——80University of DubuqueDubuque, Iowa10—1 year out——81University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico10—1 year out——82Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York10—1 year out——83Averett UniversityDanville, Virginia10—1 year out$58,414$27,000 84Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina, Kansas9—1 year out——85Southern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma9—1 year out——86National University of Natural MedicinePortland, Oregon9—1 year out——87Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina9—1 year out——88Avila UniversityKansas City, Missouri8—1 year out——89William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey8—1 year out——90Bluffton UniversityBluffton, Ohio8—1 year out——91Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina8—1 year out——92Tennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, Tennessee8—1 year out——93St. Thomas UniversityMiami Gardens, Florida7—1 year out——94Concordia University-ChicagoRiver Forest, Illinois7—1 year out——95Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan7—1 year out——96Cornerstone UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan7—1 year out——97Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey7—1 year out——98Kettering CollegeKettering, Ohio7—1 year out——99Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas, Texas7—1 year out——100Mississippi Christian UniversityClinton, Mississippi6—1 year out——

Associate programs — top 100 of 112 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska83$83,9331 year out$85,944$21,961 2Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska43$32,8401 year out$58,150$14,068 3Merced CollegeMerced, California—$31,3451 year out$46,318—4Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri67$30,7361 year out—$11,000 5Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma275$30,6051 year out$58,516$18,744 6Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey89$29,3781 year out—$9,867 7Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California86$28,4481 year out——8Northern Oklahoma CollegeTonkawa, Oklahoma—$28,0771 year out$37,019$8,833 9Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey202$26,5961 year out$44,612$9,499 10Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California0$24,8031 year out—$12,312 11Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia242$23,7591 year out$45,584$13,149 12Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, Mississippi212$21,3261 year out$34,801$11,000 13Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, Mississippi9$21,0701 year out$27,215—14Howard CollegeBig Spring, Texas44$18,9221 year out—$14,650 15Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan9$12,0101 year out—$18,495 16South CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee765—1 year out——17Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey114—1 year out——18East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi78—1 year out$34,866—19Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California65—1 year out——20Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi65—1 year out——21Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead, Mississippi64—1 year out——22Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, Arkansas63—1 year out$39,980$6,625 23Connors State CollegeWarner, Oklahoma60—1 year out$73,844—24Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas58—1 year out——25Grayson CollegeDenison, Texas33—1 year out——26Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas31—1 year out$64,185$14,949 27Temple CollegeTemple, Texas29—1 year out——28Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CollegeMiami, Oklahoma28—1 year out$62,558$20,500 29South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas27—1 year out——30Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah27—1 year out——31Hill CollegeHillsboro, Texas26—1 year out—$13,925 32Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina19—1 year out——33Rose State CollegeMidwest City, Oklahoma19—1 year out—$14,236 34San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico18—1 year out——35Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi16—1 year out$31,067—36Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming15—1 year out——37Fayetteville Technical Community CollegeFayetteville, North Carolina14—1 year out——38Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas13—1 year out——39Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri13—1 year out——40Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada13—1 year out——41College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland12—1 year out——42Western Nebraska Community CollegeScottsbluff, Nebraska12—1 year out——43Palau Community CollegeKoror, Palau11—1 year out——44Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi10—1 year out$35,679—45University of New Mexico-Los Alamos CampusLos Alamos, New Mexico10—1 year out——46Galveston CollegeGalveston, Texas10—1 year out——47Baptist Health Sciences UniversityMemphis, Tennessee9—1 year out——48Western Texas CollegeSnyder, Texas8—1 year out——49College of the AlbemarleElizabeth City, North Carolina7—1 year out——50Durham Technical Community CollegeDurham, North Carolina7—1 year out——51Piedmont Community CollegeRoxboro, North Carolina7—1 year out——52Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba, Michigan6—1 year out——53Missouri State University-West PlainsWest Plains, Missouri6—1 year out——54Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio6—1 year out——55South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas6—1 year out——56Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts5—1 year out——57Wayne County Community College DistrictDetroit, Michigan5—1 year out——58Haywood Community CollegeClyde, North Carolina5—1 year out——59Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, North Carolina5—1 year out——60Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——61Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts4—1 year out——62Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri4—1 year out——63Blue Ridge Community CollegeFlat Rock, North Carolina4—1 year out——64Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina4—1 year out——65Mitchell Community CollegeStatesville, North Carolina4—1 year out——66Robeson Community CollegeLumberton, North Carolina4—1 year out——67Walla Walla UniversityCollege Place, Washington4—1 year out——68Northwest CollegePowell, Wyoming4—1 year out——69Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona3—1 year out——70Alpena Community CollegeAlpena, Michigan3—1 year out$65,481—71Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan3—1 year out——72Fort Peck Community CollegePoplar, Montana3—1 year out——73Little Big Horn CollegeCrow Agency, Montana3—1 year out——74North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio3—1 year out——75Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——76Emmanuel UniversityFranklin Springs, Georgia2—1 year out——77Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas2—1 year out——78Dodge City Community CollegeDodge City, Kansas2—1 year out——79Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, North Carolina2—1 year out——80Davidson-Davie Community CollegeThomasville, North Carolina2—1 year out——81Edgecombe Community CollegeTarboro, North Carolina2—1 year out——82Johnston Community CollegeSmithfield, North Carolina2—1 year out——83McDowell Technical Community CollegeMarion, North Carolina2—1 year out——84Tri-County Community CollegeMurphy, North Carolina2—1 year out——85Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina2—1 year out——86Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah2—1 year out——87St Charles Community CollegeCottleville, Missouri2—1 year out——88Mount Saint Mary's UniversityLos Angeles, California1—1 year out$98,527$15,875 89North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho1—1 year out——90College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho1—1 year out——91Independence Community CollegeIndependence, Kansas1—1 year out——92Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi1—1 year out$33,340$6,528 93Helena College University of MontanaHelena, Montana1—1 year out——94Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey1—1 year out——95Salem Community CollegeCarneys Point, New Jersey1—1 year out——96Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina1—1 year out——97Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina1—1 year out——98Sampson Community CollegeClinton, North Carolina1—1 year out——99Wayne Community CollegeGoldsboro, North Carolina1—1 year out——100Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 55 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

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