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Highest Paying Health Sciences Majors

Top 50 Health Sciences college majors by estimated median 5-year earnings

# College Major Earnings ROI Employ Degrees Accept SAT
1 Southwestern Oklahoma State Pharmaceutical Sciences $186,372 100 100% 71 100% —
2 U. of the Pacific Pharmaceutical Sciences $166,988 100 99% 37 79% 1350
3 U. of Mississippi Pharmaceutical Sciences $159,701 100 95% 59 75% 1100
4 U. of New Mexico Pharmaceutics and Drug Design $155,819 100 91% 24 60% 1030
5 U. of Kansas Pharmacy $154,500 100 100% 69 93% 1180
6 U. of Louisiana at Monroe Pharmaceutical Sciences $152,219 100 100% 32 70% 1260
7 Creighton Health and Wellness $151,665 100 100% 10 60% 1340
8 U. of Southern California Pharmaceutics and Drug Design $150,475 100 91% 14 11% 1510
9 Samford Pharmaceutical Sciences $149,313 100 98% 87 84% 1160
10 U. of Wisconsin - Madison Pharmaceutical Sciences $148,664 100 96% 48 41% 1450
11 Mercer Pharmaceutical Sciences $146,040 100 96% 20 75% 1260
12 U. of Findlay Pharmaceutical Sciences $144,604 100 97% 32 84% —
13 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor Pharmaceutical Sciences $144,263 100 95% 40 16% 1460
14 North Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences $143,396 100 99% 48 92% —
15 U. of Arizona Pharmaceutical Sciences $142,081 100 94% 79 85% 1290
16 Cal State East Bay Nursing $140,778 100 98% 154 75% —
17 U. of South Carolina Pharmaceutical Sciences $140,513 100 95% 64 55% 1270
18 San Jose State Nursing $139,505 100 98% 150 80% 1140
19 Wagner Physician Assistant $139,355 100 98% 29 82% 1240
20 U. of Georgia Pharmaceutical Sciences $137,931 100 95% 27 30% 1380
21 Duquesne Pharmacy $137,056 100 97% 104 86% 1230
22 University at Buffalo Pharmaceutical Sciences $136,317 100 95% 10 70% 1300
23 U. of Pittsburgh Pharmaceutical Sciences $135,568 100 99% 73 59% 1370
24 U. of Connecticut Pharmacy $135,293 100 96% 73 54% 1330
25 St. John Fisher Pharmacy $134,655 100 97% 19 66% 1210
26 U. of Pikeville Nursing $132,058 100 94% 16 90% 940
27 U. of Hawaii at Hilo Pharmacy $131,756 100 97% 37 65% 1060
28 U. of San Francisco Nursing $131,000 99 98% 235 62% 1290
29 Northeastern Pharmacy $130,868 99 100% 57 22% 1480
30 Northeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences $130,868 99 100% 23 22% 1480
31 Dominican University of California Nursing $130,657 99 98% 129 93% —
32 South Dakota State Pharmaceutical Sciences $130,365 100 100% 35 85% 1150
33 King's Health Sciences $129,685 99 100% 55 72% 1170
34 U. of Southern California Pharmacology and Toxicology $126,800 99 — 36 11% 1510
35 San Francisco State Nursing $126,353 100 96% 187 93% —
36 Pacific Union Nursing $126,216 99 96% 60 58% —
37 Cal State Sacramento Nursing $126,195 100 98% 199 72% —
38 U. of Providence Nursing $125,596 99 97% 58 100% 990
39 Reinhardt Nursing $124,054 99 100% 33 70% —
40 Bushnell Nursing $124,045 99 100% 42 68% —
41 Western New England Pharmaceutical Sciences $123,767 99 100% 17 91% 1200
42 Loyola University New Orleans Nursing $123,723 99 95% 37 52% —
43 Long Island Pharmaceutical Sciences $123,102 99 100% 107 72% 1230
44 George Washington Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions $123,088 99 99% 14 47% 1380
45 Nova Southeastern Pharmaceutical Sciences $122,022 99 93% 324 93% 1170
46 St. John's University - New York Radiologic Technology $122,014 99 97% 31 85% 1250
47 Marywood Health Sciences $121,675 99 97% 22 82% 1160
48 Wayne State Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences $119,433 99 97% 91 84% 1180
49 Sonoma State Nursing $118,685 99 99% 50 82% —
50 California State University, Monterey Bay Nursing $118,644 99 100% 78 82% —