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Health Sciences (Bachelor's) Programs in Missouri, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

  • 6 programs report first-year pay
  • 6 also report federal debt
  • Bachelor's in Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Missouri health sciences bachelor's program pays its graduates $36,430 in their first year, $1,833 more than the national median. Missouri State reports the highest first-year pay ($44,443), and Northwest Missouri State the lowest median debt ($22,375).

Median first-year pay$36,430National $34,598
Median pay after 5 years$58,386National $56,837
Median federal debt$27,000National $26,674
Debt-to-earnings69%National 75%

All 6 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

3 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Missouri health sciences program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Missouri medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 6 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Missouri State$44,443
  2. UMKC$39,289
  3. University of Missouri$39,186
  4. University of Central Missouri$33,674
  5. Northwest Missouri State$32,268

Lowest median debt

  1. Northwest Missouri State$22,375
  2. University of Missouri$23,250
  3. Missouri State$27,000
  4. UMKC$27,000
  5. University of Central Missouri$27,000

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. University of Missouri59%
  2. Missouri State61%
  3. UMKC69%
  4. Northwest Missouri State69%
  5. University of Central Missouri80%

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to health sciences, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

Health Education Specialists

$57,050

Median pay in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $42,960Top 10%: $97,800

Community Health Workers

$48,770

Median pay in Missouri. 1,820 people work in this job in Missouri. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 7,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.

Bottom 10%: $36,990Top 10%: $64,330

Common questions

Missouri State in Springfield reports the highest median first-year pay, $44,443. Its median federal debt is $27,000.

Related pages

Health Sciences (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked146 programs by pay and debt

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.
  • 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 Missouri rankings when their main campus is in another state.
  • Medians are across the health sciences bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024