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Health Sciences

Health Professions · federal classification: Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Health Sciences graduates with a bachelor's typically earned about $57,112, 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. Certificate median $46,769, $39,666 to $56,266; Associate's median $52,090, $44,939 to $58,530; Bachelor's median $57,112, $50,467 to $67,523; Master's median $70,777, $51,035 to $86,074.$40k$63k$86kCertificate$46,769Associate's$52,090Bachelor's$57,112Master's$70,777
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. Certificate median $46,769, $39,666 to $56,266; Associate's median $52,090, $44,939 to $58,530; Bachelor's median $57,112, $50,467 to $67,523; Master's median $70,777, $51,035 to $86,074.$40k$63k$86kCertificate$46,769Associate's$52,090Bachelor's$57,112Master's$70,777
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,769$39,666 to $56,2661486%
Associate's Degree$52,090$44,939 to $58,5305394%
Bachelor's Degree$57,112$50,467 to $67,52316693%
Master's Degree$70,777$51,035 to $86,07425100%

"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 +9% (2025 to 2035), about 13,900 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Community Health Workers$51,850+12.7%7,000
Health Education Specialists$64,070+5.6%6,900

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 sciences program, of 752 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.