Master's · West Des Moines, Iowa

Is Public Health at Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $81,852; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $106,216; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $35,639; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $38k (likely $38k – $38k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $42k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in IA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.7 years (likely 2.0–3.6); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $195k (likely $78k – $338k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $717k (likely $438k – $1.06M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.