Health & medicine

Public Health

Wayne State University · Detroit, MI

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$30,419Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Annual credentials awarded2Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

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

Selected degree estimate$71,494
Same subject · national$72,016
Health & medicine · national$73,697

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · doctoral

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $70,416–$106,174.

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 · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Western Michigan UniversityClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$70,456
The University of Texas at ArlingtonRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$135,393
University of Massachusetts-BostonClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$86,328
Florida Gulf Coast UniversityRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$70,296
University of Illinois ChicagoPublic Health, Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$107,256
Youngstown State UniversityRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$71,734
Washington State UniversityRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$105,813
Ohio University-Main CampusClinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$57,318
The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$71,255
Western Carolina UniversityRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$67,324
Oakland UniversityRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions$71,015
New Mexico State University-Main CampusRegistered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$126,504
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 ↗