Bachelor's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at Thomas Jefferson University 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 5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $46,599
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,916
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $108k (likely $108k – $132k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5 years (likely 4.0–6.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $54k (likely −$54k – $149k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $515k (likely $288k – $740k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- 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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Other majors at Thomas Jefferson University
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$200,512
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (Doctoral)$144,279
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$133,096
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$119,929
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$106,225
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$99,839
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$98,597
- Medicine (First professional)$96,329
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$92,407
- Public Health (Master's)$90,156
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral)$85,394
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)$83,402
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$84,658
- Mercyhurst University$83,812
- Pennsylvania Western University$83,194
- Lebanon Valley College$80,194
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania$79,752
- Misericordia University$68,418
- Moravian University$64,503
- Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania$63,001
- Alvernia University$56,203
- Messiah University$54,256