Master's · University Park, Pennsylvania
Is Health and Medical Administrative Services at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 3.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $87,366
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $119,297
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $48,158
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $51k (likely $51k – $51k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.2 years (likely 2.4–4.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $208k (likely $90k – $357k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $816k (likely $519k – $1.16M)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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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-World 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
- 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
- Statistics (Master's)$129,392
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$127,665
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$120,729
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$119,536
Health and Medical Administrative Services at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Pennsylvania$233,999
- Carnegie Mellon University$150,366
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg$111,065
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$111,065
- Drexel University$98,899
- Thomas Jefferson University$98,597
- Temple University$94,956
- University of Scranton$93,756
- Widener University$91,655
- Point Park University$89,825