Shawnee State Health and Medical Administration (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Public university
- Portsmouth, OH
- About 54 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Shawnee State health and medical administration graduates earn about what health and medical administration graduates earn nationally, $45,324 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $23,250 in federal loans, less than at 85% of health and medical administration programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying health and medical administration degrees in Ohio.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Ohio and national columns are the medians across all health and medical administration bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Shawnee State graduates earn less than the national figure and about $13,916 less than the Ohio median. Several Ohio programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio 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 falls about 2% 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 $5,256 less in their first year than other graduates. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $246 a month, or 6.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
76% of graduates (41 of 54) were working in Ohio one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Ohio outside metro areas are about 12% below the national average, so a $45,324 salary here buys what about $51,323 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
$64,220Median pay in Ohio. 45,070 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$44,280Median pay in Ohio. 29,110 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$42,810Median pay in Ohio. 28,950 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$59,720Median pay in Ohio. 22,370 people work in this job in Ohio. 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 Shawnee State
Health and Medical Administration ranks 5th of 13 bachelor's programs at Shawnee State by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($67,126), Industrial Technology ($57,682), and Other Engineering Technology ($51,174).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $45,324 one year after graduating and $44,610 five years after. The median across health and medical administration bachelor's programs in Ohio is $45,324.
The median federal loan balance is $23,250, which ranks the lowest of 9 health and medical administration bachelor's programs in Ohio. That works out to about $246 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 51% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 67%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Ohio programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 76% (41 of 54) were working in Ohio 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 Ohio 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