Which state pays other health professions bachelor's graduates the most?

Ohio, where the median program pays its graduates $48,416 in their first year, the highest of 2 state rankings. New York is next, at $37,158.

Which other health professions bachelor's program pays the most?

Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey reports the highest first-year pay of the 43 programs ranked here, $72,628. Its median federal debt is $19,018.

How much debt do other health professions bachelor's graduates have?

The median program leaves its graduates with $26,000 in federal debt. Across programs, the median debt is 64% of first-year pay.

Highest-Paying Other Health Professions (Bachelor's) Programs in the US

43 programs report first-year pay
2 state rankings
Bachelor's in Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median other health professions bachelor's program in the US pays its graduates $38,342 in their first year and $64,885 five years after. Ohio has the highest state median ($48,416), and New York the lowest ($37,158). The median program leaves its graduates with $26,000 in federal debt.

Median first-year pay$38,342Across 43 programs

Median pay after 5 years$64,885Across 56 programs

Median federal debt$26,000Across 61 programs

Debt-to-earnings64%Across 42 programs

All 43 programs, ranked by graduate pay

Each program is ranked by the median pay of its graduates one year after they finished, from College Scorecard. This measures what graduates earn, not how good the teaching is. Pay also depends on where graduates live and work. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	After cost of living	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, NJ · public	$72,628	Not adjusted	$74,616	$19,018	26%
2	Kettering CollegeKettering, OH · private nonprofit	$70,890	$76,411	$72,387	$37,613	53%
3	UNC WilmingtonWilmington, NC · public	$56,924	$60,348	$76,435	$24,990	44%
4	Youngstown StateYoungstown, OH · public	$56,793	$61,217	$58,286	$29,750	52%
5	Excelsior UniversityAlbany, NY · private nonprofit	$52,631	Not adjusted	$74,001	$31,251	59%
6	Missouri Southern StateJoplin, MO · public	$52,539	$57,852	$56,099	$21,463	41%
7	Ole MissUniversity, MS · public	$52,439	$60,307	$77,882	$12,500	24%
8	Ferris StateBig Rapids, MI · public	$50,543	$52,530	$56,054	$29,518	58%
9	RutgersNew Brunswick, NJ · public	$49,150	Not adjusted	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
10	Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH · private nonprofit	$48,416	$52,187	$71,522	$27,000	56%
11	PurdueWest Lafayette, IN · public	$47,570	Not adjusted	$78,766	$23,538	49%
12	George MasonFairfax, VA · public	$45,624	$45,126	$72,797	$25,000	55%
13	University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA · public	$44,545	$45,653	Not reported	$25,239	57%
14	Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, CT · private nonprofit	$44,214	$42,673	$58,757	$45,036	102%
15	Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, VA · public	$42,973	$42,504	$67,365	$27,147	63%
16	UMBCBaltimore, MD · public	$39,524	$37,657	$60,985	$20,375	52%
17	Worcester StateWorcester, MA · public	$39,234	$37,098	$53,851	$25,000	64%
18	SUNY CortlandCortland, NY · public	$39,217	$36,339	$60,772	$26,995	69%
19	Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, LA · private nonprofit	$39,085	Not adjusted	$73,281	$19,500	50%
20	University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, IA · public	$39,045	$44,490	$47,446	$20,844	53%
21	Southwestern Oklahoma StateWeatherford, OK · public	$38,641	$43,989	$69,437	$18,700	48%
22	St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, NY · private nonprofit	$38,342	$35,528	$53,303	$25,500	67%
23	Cal State Dominguez HillsCarson, CA · public	$37,856	$34,191	$48,649	$13,000	34%
24	Curry CollegeMilton, MA · private nonprofit	$36,921	$34,911	Not reported	$27,000	73%
25	Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · private nonprofit	$36,819	Not adjusted	$79,238	$26,576	72%
26	UW-Stevens PointStevens Point, WI · public	$36,797	$39,106	$56,691	$23,500	64%
27	St. John's UniversityQueens, NY · private nonprofit	$35,973	$33,333	$61,520	$27,000	75%
28	UL MonroeMonroe, LA · public	$34,610	$39,237	$45,570	$27,500	79%
29	Boise StateBoise, ID · public	$34,244	$35,860	$59,941	$25,000	73%
30	Grand Valley StateAllendale, MI · public	$34,203	$35,548	$60,572	$26,262	77%
31	Bowling Green StateBowling Green, OH · public	$34,040	$36,691	$55,201	$26,000	76%
32	Tennessee StateNashville, TN · public	$33,862	$36,859	$41,776	$29,384	87%
33	University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH · public	$32,621	$35,162	$73,440	$26,263	81%
34	University of Central ArkansasConway, AR · public	$32,445	$37,320	$64,544	$17,500	54%
35	Clemson UniversityClemson, SC · public	$32,180	$34,326	$66,972	$19,500	61%
36	Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · private nonprofit	$31,153	$28,866	$65,226	$25,000	80%
37	Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, CT · private nonprofit	$31,115	Not adjusted	$77,782	$26,000	84%
38	Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, NY · private nonprofit	$30,546	$28,304	$52,661	$28,000	92%
39	University of BridgeportBridgeport, CT · private nonprofit	$30,325	Not adjusted	$59,414	$26,000	86%
40	La Roche UniversityPittsburgh, PA · private nonprofit	$29,678	Not adjusted	Not reported	$26,000	88%
41	Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, MI · public	$29,225	$30,374	$54,946	$25,000	86%
42	Bradley UniversityPeoria, IL · private nonprofit	$27,857	$27,869	$71,906	$26,899	97%
43	East Tennessee StateJohnson City, TN · public	$27,196	$29,603	$53,532	$20,500	75%

Pay after cost of living divides first-year pay by the Bureau of Economic Analysis price level of the school's state, where the US average is 100. It is shown for 34 programs where at least half of the graduates who work are working in the school's state. The other 9, whose graduates mostly work in other states or whose state has no price level, are listed last when you sort by it.

One program reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

College Scorecard withholds pay for programs with too few graduates, to protect their privacy, so those programs can't be ranked.

Other Health Professions (Bachelor's) programs by state

Each row is the median across the state's other health professions bachelor's programs. State names link to the full ranking of that state's programs.

State	Programs	Year 1 pay	Debt
Ohio	5	$48,416	$26,986
New York	6	$37,158	$27,000

Programs in 21 more states and territories report pay, but too few to rank. A state ranking needs at least five programs that report both pay and debt.

Quick picks nationwide

Lowest median debt

Lowest debt for the pay

Only the 11 programs with their own page here are included. "Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay.

Common questions

The median other health professions bachelor's program in the US pays its graduates $38,342 in their first year and $64,885 five years after.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Medians are across programs, not students: each program counts once, however many graduates it has.
National medians include every program in the 50 states, DC, and US territories, including schools that have since closed. Schools with several campuses that report one combined figure are counted once.
Programs are ranked by College Scorecard median pay one year after graduation. Pay after cost of living uses the price level of the school's state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025. Price levels are the Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities for 2024.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024