Medicine: professional degree earnings by college

Median earnings of medicine graduates (professional degree) one year after graduation, at 153 colleges. National median: $65,231, rising to $106,490 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	Stanford University	CA	$86,231	$114,132	$142,993
2	Harvard University	MA	$81,073	$108,149	$92,193
3	University of California-San Francisco	CA	$80,674	$112,089	$132,611
4	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$79,570	$106,442	$90,371
5	Hofstra University	NY	$79,448	$99,911	$136,197
6	University of Southern California	CA	$79,316	$105,882	$225,644
7	CUNY City College	NY	$79,011	—	$185,086
8	New York University	NY	$78,686	$93,412	$74,986
9	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	NY	$78,207	$102,727	$155,763
10	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$77,614	$143,434	$91,022
11	University of California-Irvine	CA	$77,316	$143,530	$184,329
12	University of California-Davis	CA	$77,214	$144,130	$133,762
13	New York Medical College	NY	$73,742	$95,053	$289,277
14	New York College of Podiatric Medicine	NY	$73,159	—	$237,036
15	Stony Brook University	NY	$71,922	$99,252	$237,221
16	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$71,892	$96,288	$208,386
17	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$71,700	$99,652	$130,845
18	Dartmouth College	NH	$71,628	$104,011	$239,496
19	Boston University	MA	$71,154	$102,530	$182,792
20	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$71,012	$98,978	$101,083
21	Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine	NJ	$71,003	—	$205,938
22	Northwestern University	IL	$70,959	$94,158	$183,053
23	University of Chicago	IL	$70,835	$101,675	$128,833
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$70,821	$103,473	$158,239
25	Albany Medical College	NY	$70,502	$112,736	$260,778
26	Tufts University	MA	$70,452	$104,668	$250,132
27	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	$70,195	$112,813	$237,175
28	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$69,789	$128,827	$160,487
29	University of Connecticut	CT	$69,542	$105,383	—
30	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$69,542	$105,383	—
31	University of Connecticut-Avery Point	CT	$69,542	$105,383	—
32	University of Connecticut-Stamford	CT	$69,542	$105,383	—
33	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	$69,542	$105,383	—
34	Brown University	RI	$69,273	$106,465	$156,421
35	Loma Linda University	CA	$68,835	$125,175	$237,563
36	Howard University	DC	$68,766	$111,199	$208,644
37	Touro University	NY	$68,694	$131,180	$370,000
38	Georgetown University	DC	$68,585	$90,785	$276,484
39	George Washington University	DC	$68,287	$100,874	$215,211
40	Rush University	IL	$68,267	$97,168	$262,371
41	Drexel University	PA	$68,105	$95,437	$284,748
42	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	$67,998	$96,329	$198,745
43	University of Rochester	NY	$67,977	$106,097	$200,795
44	Western University of Health Sciences	CA	$67,826	$156,511	$320,525
45	Temple University	PA	$67,797	$113,007	$209,229
46	Emory University	GA	$67,756	$98,605	$175,334
47	University of Miami	FL	$67,752	$94,678	$261,817
48	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$67,547	$98,219	$195,737
49	Case Western Reserve University	OH	$67,490	$92,532	$208,603
50	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$67,417	$90,449	$75,886
51	Baylor College of Medicine	TX	$67,400	$93,456	$103,015
52	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	$67,331	$104,201	$230,053
53	Upstate Medical University	NY	$67,294	$115,161	$237,792
54	Washington State University	WA	$67,273	—	$211,091
55	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$67,265	$147,912	$218,096
56	New York Institute of Technology	NY	$67,192	$126,613	$307,424
57	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	MN	$67,119	$95,873	$137,598
58	University of Vermont	VT	$66,766	$102,232	$239,446
59	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA	$66,744	$110,814	$203,207
60	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$66,676	$97,532	$263,767
61	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$66,642	$89,537	—
62	University of Utah	UT	$66,570	$103,469	$196,445
63	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$66,550	—	$246,257
64	University of Arizona	AZ	$66,460	$127,725	$186,889
65	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$66,453	$127,913	$185,334
66	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX	$66,443	$102,873	$148,634
67	Medical College of Wisconsin	WI	$66,433	$107,918	$234,504
68	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$66,286	$162,680	$177,555
69	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	$66,199	$116,861	$251,564
70	Tulane University of Louisiana	LA	$66,193	$137,090	$342,528
71	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	TX	$66,105	$106,472	$162,934
72	University of Maryland Baltimore	MD	$65,908	$96,990	$162,000
73	Morehouse School of Medicine	GA	$65,618	$125,346	$196,150
74	Florida International University	FL	$65,493	$95,353	$205,152
75	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$65,487	$97,806	$150,591
76	Vanderbilt University	TN	$65,367	$90,286	$184,224
77	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$65,231	$141,568	$150,781
78	University of Iowa	IA	$65,152	$98,361	$178,776
79	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$65,032	—	$171,084
80	University of North Dakota	ND	$64,914	$116,665	$182,056
81	Creighton University	NE	$64,762	$109,700	$290,332
82	Touro University California	CA	$64,701	$148,802	$344,183
83	Touro University Nevada	NV	$64,701	$148,802	$344,183
84	University at Buffalo	NY	$64,658	$100,331	$257,748
85	Wake Forest University	NC	$64,600	$119,030	$241,674
86	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	$64,570	$114,060	$158,428
87	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$64,507	$90,324	$220,737
88	Saint Louis University	MO	$64,466	$101,722	$247,679
89	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	PA	$64,415	$139,981	$300,000
90	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$64,402	$101,335	$188,232
91	Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences	WA	$64,361	$195,564	$334,699
92	Oakland University	MI	$64,353	$116,041	$199,924
93	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$64,311	$99,404	$191,485
94	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$64,290	—	$125,647
95	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	$64,271	$94,416	$244,222
96	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	$64,208	$106,964	$157,242
97	Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center	IA	$64,135	$160,081	$278,566
98	Northeast Ohio Medical University	OH	$64,121	$95,374	$256,642
99	University of Toledo	OH	$64,065	$106,268	$240,558
100	Old Dominion University	VA	$63,891	$112,043	$257,525
101	A T Still University of Health Sciences	MO	$63,793	$162,225	—
102	University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$63,787	$127,872	$191,495
103	University of Nebraska Medical Center	NE	$63,547	$116,814	$178,042
104	University of Florida	FL	$63,389	$104,811	$174,631
105	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$63,385	$154,758	$265,291
106	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$63,244	$107,267	$248,753
107	Augusta University	GA	$63,091	$99,481	$184,644
108	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$63,047	$101,569	$196,650
109	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$62,912	$113,111	$175,330
110	Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	PA	$62,892	$138,038	$257,584
111	Rocky Vista University	CO	$62,845	$135,585	$375,156
112	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$62,778	—	$144,277
113	University of South Dakota	SD	$62,709	$126,911	—
114	Central Michigan University	MI	$62,660	$138,552	$253,748
115	University of Central Florida	FL	$62,589	$143,810	$175,333
116	Wayne State University	MI	$62,585	$106,280	$179,777
117	Michigan State University	MI	$62,429	$130,503	$262,566
118	Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine	NM	$62,361	—	$330,931
119	University of Kansas	KS	$62,359	$123,824	$189,977
120	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	TX	$62,339	$116,208	$153,032
121	West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine	WV	$62,169	$173,189	$289,954
122	University of North Texas Health Science Center	TX	$62,117	$133,668	$173,545
123	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	TX	$61,999	$102,246	$142,992
124	University of Louisville	KY	$61,970	$106,490	$232,693
125	University of South Florida	FL	$61,848	$97,089	$189,336
126	West Virginia University	WV	$61,804	$120,123	$176,073
127	Kansas City University	MO	$61,711	$77,706	$297,833
128	Florida State University	FL	$61,678	$113,355	$180,829
129	University of Pikeville	KY	$61,530	$224,231	$273,784
130	Campbell University	NC	$61,367	$145,072	$302,745
131	Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine	VA	$61,231	$153,927	$293,263
132	Medical University of South Carolina	SC	$61,132	$96,864	$217,877
133	University of the Incarnate Word	TX	$61,065	—	$343,248
134	University of Kentucky	KY	$60,915	$115,241	$221,188
135	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$60,909	$112,084	$184,222
136	Kent State University at Kent	OH	$60,716	$121,373	$294,629
137	Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine	AL	$60,606	$141,650	$337,118
138	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	TN	$60,471	$89,710	$203,738
139	East Tennessee State University	TN	$60,468	$110,348	$225,746
140	University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	$60,322	$130,641	$211,759
141	Marshall University	WV	$60,318	$134,319	$157,775
142	Lincoln Memorial University	TN	$60,264	$170,521	$343,425
143	University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center	OK	$59,950	$97,714	$170,890
144	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$59,950	$97,714	$170,890
145	Barry University	FL	$59,926	$111,890	$279,868
146	Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences	OK	$59,440	$152,745	$199,682
147	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	AR	$59,363	$117,552	$225,828
148	Arkansas Colleges of Health Education	AR	$59,276	—	$298,064
149	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	LA	$59,051	$102,862	$211,559
150	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	LA	$58,448	$100,409	$201,770
151	San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	PR	$57,285	$68,551	$211,263
152	Universidad Central Del Caribe	PR	$56,369	$76,933	$223,167
153	Sonoran University of Health Sciences	AZ	$37,324	$51,044	—

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do medicine graduates earn?

The median college reports $65,231 in earnings one year after a professional degree in medicine and $106,490 four years after. The highest is $86,231 at Stanford University.

How much student debt do medicine graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $207,472 at the typical college.