GCU Health and Medical Administration (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Private nonprofit university
- Phoenix, AZ
- About 337 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
GCU health and medical administration graduates earn about what health and medical administration graduates earn nationally, $46,773 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $38,570 in federal loans, close to the national median of $30,000. One other Arizona program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Arizona and national columns are the medians across all health and medical administration bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, GCU graduates earn about the national figure and about $5,217 more than the Arizona median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Arizona health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Arizona medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 22% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned about the same in their first year as other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $41,229 against $27,000.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $409 a month, or 10.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 77 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $14,615.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
38% of graduates (136 of 354) were working in Arizona one year after graduating. Prices in the Phoenix area are about 3% above the national average, so a $46,773 salary here buys what about $45,272 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to health and medical administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
$64,250Median pay in Arizona. 31,930 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
$45,820Median pay in Arizona. 18,090 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 89,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Medical Assistants
$45,940Median pay in Arizona. 21,460 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 109,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
Computer User Support Specialists
$61,410Median pay in Arizona. 18,780 people work in this job in Arizona. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
About GCU
Health and Medical Administration ranks 12th of 38 bachelor's programs at GCU by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($92,781), Electrical Engineering ($74,628), and Homeland Security ($68,503).
Other health and medical administration bachelor's programs near Phoenix
Common questions
The median graduate earns $46,773 one year after graduating and $57,092 five years after. The median across health and medical administration bachelor's programs in Arizona is $45,020.
The median federal loan balance is $38,570, which ranks 2nd lowest of 6 health and medical administration bachelor's programs in Arizona. That works out to about $409 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 82% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 67%. Compare the cost with other Arizona programs before deciding.
Many leave. 38% (136 of 354) were working in Arizona one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Arizona comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the health and medical administration program.
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
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024