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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 Earn % Earn z 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% $186,370 99 +2.31 100 100% — 52% 52% 13% 7% 10% 0% — — — —
2 U. of Mississippi Pharmaceutical Sciences 59 97% $159,701 96 +1.41 100 95% — 29% 69% 7% 20% 0% 0% 990 1080 1170 88%
3 U. of New Mexico Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 24 60% $151,898 95 +1.15 100 91% — 38% 25% 17% 4% 50% 0% 890 1030 1170 56%
4 U. of the Pacific Pharmaceutical Sciences 37 69% $151,732 94 +1.15 100 98% — 30% 8% 81% 3% 5% 0% 1220 1340 1450 19%
5 U. of Louisiana at Monroe Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 70% $151,116 92 +1.13 100 97% — 25% 53% 6% 28% 6% 0% 1160 1260 1360 100%
6 U. of Southern California Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 14 11% $150,475 92 +1.10 100 91% — 43% 29% 14% 7% 7% 29% 1470 1510 1540 45%
7 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Pharmaceutical Sciences 48 41% $148,661 92 +1.04 100 96% — 21% 83% 6% 0% 0% 4% 1400 1450 1490 41%
8 U. of Kansas Pharmacy 69 93% $148,120 90 +1.03 100 100% — 36% 62% 9% 0% 7% 9% 1080 1180 1280 58%
9 Wagner Physician Assistant 29 82% $147,537 100 +5.42 100 100% — 28% 66% 21% 3% 0% 0% 1190 1240 1290 20%
10 Creighton Health and Wellness 10 60% $146,772 100 +5.37 100 96% 7.2% 20% 40% 10% 20% 0% 10% 1240 1340 1430 51%
11 Mercer Pharmaceutical Sciences 20 75% $146,036 89 +0.96 100 96% — 15% 20% 5% 60% 5% 0% 1160 1260 1350 57%
12 U. of Findlay Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 84% $144,495 88 +0.90 100 97% — 31% 62% 16% 3% 3% 3% — — — —
13 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Pharmaceutical Sciences 40 16% $144,260 87 +0.90 99 95% — 25% 48% 35% 0% 10% 5% 1370 1460 1530 73%
14 South Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences 35 85% $142,754 85 +0.84 100 99% — 37% 86% 0% 0% 3% 9% 1060 1150 1240 77%
15 North Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences 48 92% $142,465 84 +0.84 100 97% — 33% 92% 4% 2% 2% 0% — — — —
16 U. of Arizona Pharmaceutical Sciences 79 84% $142,080 81 +0.82 100 94% — 33% 37% 22% 3% 29% 3% 1150 1290 1420 29%
17 San Jose State Nursing 150 80% $141,341 100 +4.89 100 99% — 27% 14% 63% 2% 13% 0% 1010 1140 1270 10%
18 U. of Hawaii at Hilo Pharmacy 37 65% $141,188 79 +0.79 100 93% — 32% 5% 54% 0% 8% 3% 940 1060 1170 56%
19 San Francisco State Nursing 187 93% $139,637 100 +4.72 100 98% — 29% 13% 40% 3% 23% 0% — — — —
20 Samford Pharmaceutical Sciences 87 79% $139,487 74 +0.73 99 99% — 26% 60% 5% 15% 10% 0% 1090 1160 1230 91%
21 Touro Health Sciences 225 77% $139,315 100 +4.85 100 98% — 30% 70% 12% 2% 6% 0% 1210 1330 1450 13%
22 U. of Georgia Pharmaceutical Sciences 27 34% $137,927 72 +0.68 100 95% — 26% 52% 30% 4% 7% 0% 1250 1340 1420 100%
23 Duquesne Pharmacy 104 86% $136,975 69 +0.65 99 97% — 30% 83% 9% 3% 4% 0% 1130 1230 1330 17%
24 U. of San Francisco Nursing 235 62% $136,894 99 +4.45 99 99% — 22% 12% 50% 5% 23% 0% 1190 1290 1390 15%
25 University at Buffalo Pharmaceutical Sciences 10 81% $136,315 66 +0.63 100 95% — 70% 40% 50% 0% 0% 10% 1220 1310 1390 29%
26 St. John Fisher Pharmacy 19 66% $134,654 65 +0.57 99 97% — 16% 89% 11% 0% 0% 0% 1120 1210 1300 24%
27 U. of Connecticut Pharmacy 73 54% $134,395 64 +0.56 99 98% — 26% 63% 18% 4% 5% 5% 1260 1340 1420 39%
28 U. of Pittsburgh Pharmaceutical Sciences 73 59% $134,376 61 +0.56 99 99% — 22% 60% 26% 5% 1% 3% 1280 1370 1460 50%
29 Cal State East Bay Nursing 154 75% $134,131 99 +4.17 100 99% — 19% 13% 45% 6% 27% 1% — — — —
30 Sonoma State Nursing 50 82% $134,100 99 +4.17 100 100% 1.3% 16% 38% 8% 2% 42% 0% — — — —
31 Marywood Health Sciences 22 82% $133,600 99 +4.46 99 100% — 14% 82% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1060 1160 1250 30%
32 Northeastern Pharmacy 57 17% $133,103 58 +0.52 99 100% — 28% 12% 46% 9% 4% 28% 1440 1480 1510 28%
33 Northeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences 23 17% $133,103 58 +0.52 99 100% — 17% 48% 22% 13% 4% 9% 1440 1480 1510 28%
34 U. of Pikeville Nursing 16 90% $132,058 99 +3.96 99 94% 5.0% 31% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% 810 940 1070 76%
35 U. of South Carolina Pharmaceutical Sciences 64 56% $131,233 55 +0.46 99 100% — 25% 75% 9% 5% 5% 2% 1200 1280 1360 47%
36 U. of Southern California Pharmacology and Toxicology 36 11% $131,194 54 +0.46 99 — — 61% 28% 39% 3% 8% 8% 1470 1510 1540 45%
37 Dominican University of California Nursing 129 93% $127,477 99 +3.51 99 98% — 16% 16% 53% 1% 23% 1% — — — —
38 Long Island Pharmaceutical Sciences 107 86% $127,121 52 +0.32 99 96% — 34% 33% 37% 7% 7% 1% 1110 1230 1350 28%
39 U. of Providence Nursing 58 100% $125,637 99 +3.32 99 100% 2.1% 22% 83% 10% 2% 3% 0% 840 990 1130 22%
40 Cal State Sacramento Nursing 199 94% $125,539 99 +3.32 99 100% — 21% 34% 33% 1% 21% 1% — — — —
41 St. John's University - New York Radiologic Technology 31 85% $124,316 99 +3.88 98 98% — 23% 32% 23% 6% 29% 10% 1150 1250 1340 25%
42 Reinhardt Nursing 33 70% $124,051 99 +3.17 99 100% — 3% 70% 3% 12% 3% 0% — — — —
43 Western New England Pharmaceutical Sciences 17 91% $123,767 50 +0.21 99 100% — 29% 88% 12% 0% 0% 0% 1090 1200 1300 16%
44 Loyola University New Orleans Nursing 37 52% $123,721 99 +3.13 98 95% — 5% 35% 5% 30% 19% 0% — — — —
45 California State University, Monterey Bay Nursing 78 82% $123,505 99 +3.11 99 98% — 14% 28% 9% 1% 46% 4% — — — —
46 Molloy Health Sciences 13 79% $123,149 99 +3.75 99 — — 23% 0% 23% 23% 38% 0% — — — —
47 George Washington Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 14 47% $123,076 99 +3.78 98 99% — 79% 79% 0% 0% 14% 0% 1310 1380 1450 50%
48 Mercy Nursing 326 86% $122,706 98 +3.03 99 96% — 13% 15% 14% 37% 31% 0% — — — —
49 Saint Francis Physician Assistant 46 73% $122,404 99 +3.70 99 100% — 9% 76% 9% 0% 0% 0% 1050 1140 1230 47%
50 Nova Southeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences 324 93% $122,022 43 +0.15 99 93% — 30% 8% 5% 6% 79% 0% 1030 1170 1300 58%