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title: Is a Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other degree worth the debt?
cip: 5199
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard — Field of Study (2026-06-10 release)
sourceId: src:doe:college-scorecard:field-of-study:2026-06-10
---

# Is a Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other degree worth the debt?

Leading with the **Bachelor's**, across **53** colleges (53 of 53 programs report earnings):

- **Median pay, 1 year after completion:** $30,839 ($35,240 at 2 years)
- **Median federal debt:** $23,432 (federal loans only)
- **Debt-to-earnings:** 0.71× a first year's pay
- **Across-college spread (middle 50%):** $28,781–$40,857 — the program you choose moves the number this much.


**How to read this:** these are MEDIANS across college programs, measured **1–2 years after completion** (early career, graduates only) — NOT lifetime earnings, and NOT comparable to a college's 10-years-after-entry figure. They cover **federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report**; small programs are suppressed. A field median is not a prediction of your outcome, not causal (who enters a field differs by field), and **not a "best majors" ranking** — earnings are one dimension of worth. Verify by field at the official College Scorecard (https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/).

## By degree level

| Level | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt | Debt/pay | Colleges | Programs reporting |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Certificate | $21,344 | — | — | 4 | 4/4 |
| Associate's | $29,432 | $16,023 | 0.58× | 8 | 8/8 |
| Bachelor's | $30,839 | $23,432 | 0.71× | 53 | 53/53 |
| Master's | $54,880 | $49,107 | 0.80× | 16 | 16/16 |

## Where a Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

Reflects who enrolls and where, not causal program quality.

| College | Pay (1yr) | Federal debt |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thomas Edison State University (NJ) | $65,547 | — |
| Kettering College (OH) | $60,690 | $26,752 |
| Muskingum University (OH) | $56,192 | — |
| Youngstown State University (OH) | $51,156 | $19,506 |
| Excelsior University (NY) | $50,832 | $18,878 |
| Ferris State University (MI) | $49,304 | $26,000 |
| Missouri Southern State University (MO) | $47,016 | $17,963 |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington (NC) | $45,853 | $23,421 |
| University of Mississippi (MS) | $45,649 | $12,500 |
| Goodwin University (CT) | $44,321 | $42,208 |
| Xavier University (OH) | $44,171 | $27,000 |
| San Jose State University (CA) | $42,290 | — |
| Old Dominion University (VA) | $41,326 | $25,000 |
| George Mason University (VA) | $40,857 | $21,500 |
| Radford University (VA) | $40,417 | $28,750 |

RECORDED College Scorecard figures + one DERIVED ratio (debt-to-earnings). Informs and compares; not advice on what to major in. Each college's full record: `/education/<slug>`.

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