Health & medicine

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

Boston University · Boston, MA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$65,168Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded39Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Master's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$71,653
Health & medicine · national$57,811

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $62,812–$78,392.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Master's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Southern CaliforniaAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Health and Medical Administrative Services, Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Public Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$80,960
Tufts UniversityAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Public Health, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$66,172
Emory UniversityAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies, Public Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$104,440
New York UniversityHealth and Medical Administrative Services, Public Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$74,936
Carnegie Mellon UniversityHealth and Medical Administrative Services$77,536
Boston CollegeMental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$73,028
Washington University in St LouisPublic Health, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$58,243
Cornell UniversityAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Health and Medical Administrative Services$94,570
Georgetown UniversityHealth and Medical Administrative Services, Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Public Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$64,334
Northeastern UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$70,278
Tulane University of LouisianaHealth Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other, Health and Medical Administrative Services, Public Health$52,765
Northwestern UniversityAllied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Health and Medical Administrative Services, Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies, Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Public Health, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$57,206
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗