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Highest Paying Health Sciences Majors

Top 50 Health Sciences college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Degrees Accept Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 Southwestern Oklahoma State Pharmaceutical Sciences 71 100% $186,372 100 100% — 52% 52% 13% 7% 10% 0% — — — —
2 U. of the Pacific Pharmaceutical Sciences 37 71% $166,988 100 99% — 30% 8% 81% 3% 5% 0% 1180 1350 1480 26%
3 U. of Mississippi Pharmaceutical Sciences 59 75% $159,701 100 95% — 29% 69% 7% 20% 0% 0% 1000 1100 1200 83%
4 U. of New Mexico Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 24 60% $155,819 100 91% — 38% 25% 17% 4% 50% 0% 890 1030 1170 56%
5 U. of Kansas Pharmacy 69 93% $154,500 100 100% — 36% 62% 9% 0% 7% 9% 1080 1180 1280 58%
6 U. of Louisiana at Monroe Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 70% $152,219 100 100% — 25% 53% 6% 28% 6% 0% 1160 1260 1360 100%
7 Creighton Health and Wellness 10 60% $151,665 100 100% 7.2% 20% 40% 10% 20% 0% 10% 1240 1340 1430 51%
8 U. of Southern California Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 14 11% $150,475 100 91% — 43% 29% 14% 7% 7% 29% 1470 1510 1540 45%
9 Samford Pharmaceutical Sciences 87 84% $149,313 100 98% — 26% 60% 5% 15% 10% 0% 1070 1160 1250 91%
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Pharmaceutical Sciences 48 41% $148,664 100 96% — 21% 83% 6% 0% 0% 4% 1400 1450 1490 41%
11 Mercer Pharmaceutical Sciences 20 75% $146,040 100 96% — 15% 20% 5% 60% 5% 0% 1160 1260 1350 57%
12 U. of Findlay Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 84% $144,604 100 97% — 31% 62% 16% 3% 3% 3% — — — —
13 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Pharmaceutical Sciences 40 16% $144,263 100 95% — 25% 48% 35% 0% 10% 5% 1370 1460 1530 73%
14 North Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences 48 92% $143,396 100 99% — 33% 92% 4% 2% 2% 0% — — — —
15 U. of Arizona Pharmaceutical Sciences 79 85% $142,081 100 94% — 33% 37% 22% 3% 29% 3% 1150 1290 1420 29%
16 Cal State East Bay Nursing 154 75% $140,778 100 98% — 19% 13% 45% 6% 27% 1% — — — —
17 U. of South Carolina Pharmaceutical Sciences 64 55% $140,513 100 95% — 25% 75% 9% 5% 5% 2% 1180 1270 1360 44%
18 San Jose State Nursing 150 80% $139,505 100 98% — 27% 14% 63% 2% 13% 0% 1010 1140 1270 10%
19 Wagner Physician Assistant 29 82% $139,355 100 98% — 28% 66% 21% 3% 0% 0% 1190 1240 1290 20%
20 U. of Georgia Pharmaceutical Sciences 27 34% $137,931 100 95% — 26% 52% 30% 4% 7% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
21 Duquesne Pharmacy 104 86% $137,056 100 97% — 30% 83% 9% 3% 4% 0% 1130 1230 1330 17%
22 University at Buffalo Pharmaceutical Sciences 10 70% $136,317 100 95% — 70% 40% 50% 0% 0% 10% 1210 1300 1380 31%
23 U. of Pittsburgh Pharmaceutical Sciences 73 59% $135,568 100 99% — 22% 60% 26% 5% 1% 3% 1280 1370 1460 50%
24 U. of Connecticut Pharmacy 73 54% $135,293 100 96% — 26% 63% 18% 4% 5% 5% 1210 1330 1440 41%
25 St. John Fisher Pharmacy 19 66% $134,655 100 97% — 16% 89% 11% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1210 1300 24%
26 U. of Pikeville Nursing 16 90% $132,058 100 94% 5.0% 31% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% 810 940 1070 76%
27 U. of Hawaii at Hilo Pharmacy 37 65% $131,756 100 97% — 32% 5% 54% 0% 8% 3% 940 1060 1170 56%
28 U. of San Francisco Nursing 235 62% $131,000 99 98% — 22% 12% 50% 5% 23% 0% 1190 1290 1390 15%
29 Northeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences 23 17% $130,868 99 100% — 17% 48% 22% 13% 4% 9% 1440 1480 1510 28%
30 Northeastern Pharmacy 57 17% $130,868 99 100% — 28% 12% 46% 9% 4% 28% 1440 1480 1510 28%
31 Dominican University of California Nursing 129 93% $130,657 99 98% — 16% 16% 53% 1% 23% 1% — — — —
32 South Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences 35 85% $130,365 100 100% — 37% 86% 0% 0% 3% 9% 1060 1150 1240 77%
33 U. of Southern California Pharmacology and Toxicology 36 11% $126,800 99 — — 61% 28% 39% 3% 8% 8% 1470 1510 1540 45%
34 San Francisco State Nursing 187 93% $126,353 100 96% — 29% 13% 40% 3% 23% 0% — — — —
35 Pacific Union Nursing 60 58% $126,216 99 96% 3.2% 25% 17% 38% 5% 22% 0% — — — —
36 Cal State Sacramento Nursing 199 94% $126,195 100 98% — 21% 34% 33% 1% 21% 1% — — — —
37 U. of Providence Nursing 58 100% $125,596 99 97% 2.1% 22% 83% 10% 2% 3% 0% 840 990 1130 22%
38 Reinhardt Nursing 33 70% $124,054 99 100% — 3% 70% 3% 12% 3% 0% — — — —
39 Bushnell Nursing 42 68% $124,045 99 100% — 12% 79% 5% 0% 5% 0% — — — —
40 Western New England Pharmaceutical Sciences 17 91% $123,767 99 100% — 29% 88% 12% 0% 0% 0% 1090 1200 1300 16%
41 Loyola University New Orleans Nursing 37 52% $123,723 99 95% — 5% 35% 5% 30% 19% 0% — — — —
42 Long Island Pharmaceutical Sciences 107 86% $123,102 99 100% — 34% 33% 37% 7% 7% 1% 1110 1230 1350 28%
43 George Washington Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 14 47% $123,088 99 99% — 79% 79% 0% 0% 14% 0% 1310 1380 1450 50%
44 Nova Southeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences 324 93% $122,022 99 93% — 30% 8% 5% 6% 79% 0% 1030 1170 1300 58%
45 St. John's University - New York Radiologic Technology 31 85% $122,014 99 97% — 23% 32% 23% 6% 29% 10% 1150 1250 1340 25%
46 Marywood Health Sciences 22 82% $121,675 99 97% — 14% 82% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1160 1250 30%
47 Wayne State Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 91 84% $119,433 99 97% — 29% 67% 12% 1% 1% 18% 1060 1180 1290 39%
48 Sonoma State Nursing 50 82% $118,685 99 99% 1.3% 16% 38% 8% 2% 42% 0% — — — —
49 California State University, Monterey Bay Nursing 78 82% $118,644 99 100% — 14% 28% 9% 1% 46% 4% — — — —
50 Saint Francis Physician Assistant 46 73% $117,647 99 100% — 9% 76% 9% 0% 0% 0% 1050 1140 1230 47%