Health & medicine

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

Loyola University Chicago · Chicago, IL

Medium evidenceMatched peers9 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$51,716Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$24,062National same subject reference across 8 reporting institutions; not matched to this university

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Graduate certificate · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$77,715
Health & medicine · national$53,358

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 9 matched peer institutions · graduate certificate

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $55,964–$101,964.

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.

Graduate certificate outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Saint Louis UniversityRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$114,892
Drexel UniversityBiological and Biomedical Sciences, Other, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$50,686
University of DenverClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$55,964
Azusa Pacific UniversityHealth/Medical Preparatory Programs$45,529
Endicott CollegeRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$101,964
Nova Southeastern UniversityAdvanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences$176,775
Fordham UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$64,196
Chapman UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$77,715
Maryville University of Saint LouisRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$100,951
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 ↗