Health & medicine

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$28,794Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded8Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Doctoral · 1 year after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$64,378
Health & medicine · national$73,737

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · doctoral

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $57,826–$82,688.

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.

Doctoral outcomes · 1 year after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$69,338
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHealth and Physical Education/Fitness$58,673
University of ConnecticutRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$95,473
University of Washington-Seattle CampusClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$69,338
University of South FloridaBiological and Biomedical Sciences, Other$50,231
Texas A & M University-College StationHealth and Physical Education/Fitness$57,318
University of GeorgiaHealth and Physical Education/Fitness$59,417
San Diego State UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Public Health$79,434
University of California-RiversideMedicine$57,995
The University of Texas at AustinPharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration$93,865
University of North FloridaRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$92,449
University at BuffaloClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$52,107
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 ↗