First professional · Erie, Pennsylvania

Is Medicine at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $67,554; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $148,270; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $257,584; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $273k (likely $273k – $273k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $77k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 7 years (likely 6.3–7.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$43k (likely −$148k – $51k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $888k (likely $661k – $1.14M); Today's dollars

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