Master's · Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Is Health and Medical Administrative Services at Winston-Salem State University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,267
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $82,006
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $36,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NC
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.1 years (likely 3.4–8.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$2k (likely −$111k – $119k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $285k (likely $40k – $561k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Winston-Salem State University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$119,602
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$94,298
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$84,952
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$79,144
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$70,941
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$70,450
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$63,562
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$61,173
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$58,006
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$53,028
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$52,130
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$51,520
Health and Medical Administrative Services at other schools in North Carolina
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$113,370
- Pfeiffer University$94,115
- University of Mount Olive$88,827
- Appalachian State University$87,377
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte$71,805
- University of North Carolina Wilmington$67,640
- Western Carolina University$63,641
- Strayer University-North Carolina$58,850