What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs is tracked across 21 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 master's 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 $45,711, calculated from 3 schools with published earnings data. The top-reporting institution in this program is The University of Findlay at $68,501. These numbers reflect earnings measured roughly a year after completion, using Social Security Administration tax records linked to federal financial aid applicants.
Variation across schools matters more than a single national figure. Completers counts reported per school indicate how many graduates’ earnings feed the median, which means small programs produce more volatile numbers. Median debt at the program level, when paired with earnings, yields a debt-to-earnings ratio that is the College Scorecard’s standard affordability signal — ratios under 1.0 indicate earnings exceed cumulative debt. Use the school-by-school table to spot institutions where Health/Medical Preparatory Programs graduates out-earn peers at comparable cost, and to surface gainful-employment patterns that only become visible at the CIP-code level.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine accounts for 79.7% of all Health/Medical Preparatory Programs master's credential graduates
That concentration — well above the 5% national median for largest-entity share — means Health/Medical Preparatory Programs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. That school produced 188 graduates in the most recent cohort, anchoring a meaningful slice of national supply for this field. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs debt-to-earnings ratio is 1.73 — high (typically associated with graduates carry debt that exceeds annual earnings, a signal of debt stress — ratios above 1.5 trigger gainful-employment scrutiny under federal regulation)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs operates only 21 institutions offer this program — among the most consolidated governance structures in the country
Most Health/Medical Preparatory Programs institutions offer this program are specialty-program scarcity that concentrates national supply in a small set of institutions — graduates often command stronger employer attention because the talent pool is structurally narrower. Consolidation produces narrower variance because resources pool across larger populations, but it can also mask intra-institutions offer this program inequities — sub-institutions offer this program differences within a single institutions offer this program are not visible at this aggregation level. Consolidated systems typically rely more heavily on top-down funding formulas than on local revenue variability.
How much do Health/Medical Preparatory Programs graduates earn? ▼
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs graduates earn $45,711 on average across 21 schools.
Which school pays the most for Health/Medical Preparatory Programs? ▼
The University of Findlay has the highest reported median earnings for Health/Medical Preparatory Programs graduates at $68,501, based on College Scorecard data.
What credential do you get in Health/Medical Preparatory Programs? ▼
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs programs typically award a Master's credential. Earnings vary by school and credential level.
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Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Field of Study file. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid, drawn from U.S. Treasury tax records linked to federal student aid applicants. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported through IPEDS. Data is updated annually.