Doctoral · Scranton, Pennsylvania

Is Medicine at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $70,800; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $125,510; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $263,559; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $279k (likely $279k – $279k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $55k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 9.5 years (likely 8.2–11.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$354k (likely −$483k – −$230k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $328k (likely $74k – $580k); Today's dollars

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