Master's · University Park, Pennsylvania
Is Public Health at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 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 3.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $66,696
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $97,082
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $22k (likely $22k – $22k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $26k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.5 years (likely 2.1–6.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $47k (likely −$98k – $225k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $409k (likely $74k – $800k)
- 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$166,387
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$158,815
- Physics (Master's)$150,865
- Systems Engineering (Master's)$145,507
- Information Science/Studies (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$141,703
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$140,589
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$140,393
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$139,676
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$138,103
- Computational Science (Master's)$137,367
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$134,369
- Business/Commerce, General (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$134,050
Public Health at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$142,151
- Arcadia University$116,631
- University of Pennsylvania$90,435
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$90,383
- Thomas Jefferson University$90,156
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$80,017
- Drexel University$76,628
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$72,884
- Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster$72,884
- Temple University$71,641