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Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities

Health Professions

Health Professions Education, Ethics, and Humanities graduates with a master's typically earned about $100,162, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $100,162, $87,308 to $108,621.$87k$98k$109kMaster's$100,162
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Master's median $100,162, $87,308 to $108,621.$87k$98k$109kMaster's$100,162
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Master's Degree$100,162$87,308 to $108,62141100%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +3% (2025 to 2035), about 158,900 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860+24.2%62,300
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$107,310+17.9%24,900
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$104,590+1.8%14,500
Directors, Religious Activities and Education$52,100+3.3%13,000
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other$77,640+2%12,500
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$80,250+17.1%8,500

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a health professions education, ethics, and humanities program, of 227 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.