Doctoral · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $82,532
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $110,384
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $183,156
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $194k (likely $194k – $194k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $39k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.2 years (likely 7.1–12.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$338k (likely −$491k – −$181k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $161k (likely −$144k – $493k)
- 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 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Medicine (First professional)$139,981
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$136,098
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$128,355
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$76,019
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$72,298
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$70,622
- Security Science and Technology (Master's)$68,789
- Public Health (Master's)$65,493
- Biology, General (Master's)$63,681
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Graduate certificate)$63,537
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Master's)$57,710
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in Pennsylvania
- La Salle University$113,093
- Widener University$96,854
- Immaculata University$90,759
- Duquesne University$86,356
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$79,646
- Chestnut Hill College$65,756