Compiled by PlainCollege, College outcomes data analysis
229
Schools
Graduate Certificate
Credential Level
$112,499
National Avg Earnings
What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Health and Medical Administrative Services
Health and Medical Administrative Services is tracked across 229 U.S. postsecondary institutions in the College Scorecard field-of-study file, which links CIP code classifications from IPEDS to Treasury earnings records. This profile covers the graduate certificate credential level specifically, because the Department of Education reports program-level outcomes separately for associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral awards. The CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) taxonomy lets analysts roll up specialties into broader families, which is why earnings medians across schools can be compared on a common basis.
Across all reporting institutions, the mean of school-level medians is $112,499, calculated from 6 schools with published earnings data. The earnings distribution stretches from $55,675 at the low end to $253,270 at the top, with a 25th-75th percentile band between $64,656 and $122,019 around a median of $101,356. The top-reporting institution in this program is Duke University at $253,270. These numbers reflect Treasury-derived wages, deferred compensation, and positive self-employment earnings four years after completion for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled.
Variation across schools matters more than a single national figure. Completer counts and earnings cohort counts are distinct source fields, so the displayed completer count should not be assumed to be the earnings denominator. PlainCollege's debt-to-earnings ratio divides median federal debt by annual median earnings as a descriptive comparison; it is not the Department's formal gainful-employment test. Use the school-by-school table to compare reported outcomes while accounting for cohort size, suppression, program mix, and location.
Johns Hopkins University accounts for 62.0% of all Health and Medical Administrative Services graduate certificate credential graduates
Johns Hopkins University accounts for nearly the entire Health and Medical Administrative Services total — well above the 5% national median for largest-entity share, so a Health and Medical Administrative Services-wide average is effectively a description of Johns Hopkins University alone, not a genuine cross-entity picture — read every other entity's figures independently, not against this aggregate. That school produced 152 graduates in the most recent cohort, anchoring a meaningful slice of national supply for this field. For practical purposes, Johns Hopkins University's decisions ARE Health and Medical Administrative Services's decisions for the affected population.
Health and Medical Administrative Services graduate certificate credential median earnings varies 4.5× across entities
Health and Medical Administrative Services graduate certificate credential median earnings ranges from $55,675 (lowest) to $253,270 (highest), a spread of $197,595. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme earnings stratification across institutions, graduates of the same field can earn dramatically different starting salaries depending on the school’s reputation, regional employer mix, and selectivity. Earnings are measured four years after completion using Treasury-derived records for federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled. They are descriptive early-career outcomes, not forecasts of longer-term earnings.
Health and Medical Administrative Services graduate certificate credential median debt varies 3.8× across entities
Health and Medical Administrative Services graduate certificate credential median debt ranges from $28,722 (lowest) to $108,346 (highest), a spread of $79,624. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Median debt counts only those students who borrowed federal loans, students who paid out-of-pocket or received institutional grants are excluded from the borrower median, which can flatter low-debt schools.
Health and Medical Administrative Services debt-to-earnings ratio is 0.68 — near the typical range (US average ~1) — aligned with the typical 1:1 ratio that defines federal gainful-employment thresholds
debt-to-earnings ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: this ratio uses federal loan principal, not all education debt, private loans, parent PLUS loans not in the borrower’s name, and institutional debt are excluded Variation between sub-units within Health and Medical Administrative Services is typically wider than the Health and Medical Administrative Services-aggregate figure suggests.
Earnings trajectory. For the 6 schools reporting both horizons, median earnings are
38% higher four years after completion than one year
after. That is the same graduates measured twice, not two different groups, so it
describes how pay develops early in the career rather than a difference between schools.
A school missing from this count reports only one horizon.
Awards and earnings come from different reference periods, so they are not a count and an
average of the same people. Awards is the number of credentials the school reported for the
latest IPEDS year; median earnings is measured four years after completion, for a separate
pooled cohort of earlier graduates. A school can therefore report zero awards in the latest
year and still have earnings on record. The earnings figure is not the awards figure’s
average, and the awards count is not the earnings sample size. Schools are ranked on the
four-year earnings figure only, so every row is compared on the same basis.
Compare beyond the CIP family
Nationwide peers by school count & four-year earnings
Cross-field programs at the same credential level nearest Health and Medical Administrative Services on school-count breadth
(229 schools) and mean four-year median earnings ($112,499).
Peers exclude the same two-digit CIP family so neighborhoods are not CIP-containment siblings.
School-count peers include Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Accounting and Related Services, Educational Administration and Supervision.
Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of programs.
Similar school count
Nearest programs (≥50 schools) by absolute school-count breadth, outside this CIP family.
How much do Health and Medical Administrative Services graduates earn? ▼
Health and Medical Administrative Services graduates earn $112,499 on average four years after completion, across the 6 of 229 schools that report earnings for this program. Earnings range from $55,675 to $253,270 depending on the institution.
Which school's Health and Medical Administrative Services graduates earn the most? ▼
Duke University has the highest reported median earnings for Health and Medical Administrative Services graduates at $253,270, measured four years after completion in College Scorecard data. This reflects what graduates went on to earn, which depends heavily on who the school admits and which employers recruit there. It is not a figure the school pays.
What credential do you get in Health and Medical Administrative Services? ▼
Health and Medical Administrative Services programs typically award a Graduate Certificate credential. Earnings vary by school and credential level.
Top Schools for Health and Medical Administrative Services
Closest schools offering this program – compare earnings side by side
Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Field of Study file retrieved in March 2026. The program metric displayed here represents federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled four years after credential completion, using Treasury-derived records published through the Scorecard. Completer counts and debt figures come from the same field-of-study snapshot; the Department refreshes components on schedules documented in its changelog, not one fixed annual date.