Best Colleges for Health Professions: Ranked by Graduate Salary, Not Prestige
We rank by what graduates actually earn — not by reputation surveys.
Top Schools for Health Professions — Ranked by Graduate Salary
These schools produce the highest-earning Health Professions graduates, based on federal earnings data. We rank by salary outcomes, not prestige.
| # | School | Health Professions Salary | Acceptance Rate | Degrees/Year | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$80,600 | 8.2% | 33 | Reach |
| 2 | Duke University Durham, NC |
$80,600 | 6.8% | 224 | Reach |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
$80,600 | 7.6% | 133 | Reach |
| 4 | New York University (NYU) New York, NY |
$80,600 | 9.4% | 520 | Reach |
| 5 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
$80,600 | 7.1% | 10 | Reach |
| 6 | UCLA Los Angeles, CA |
$80,600 | 9.0% | 49 | Reach |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$80,600 | 5.9% | 246 | Reach |
| 8 | Georgetown University Washington, DC |
$75,400 | 13.1% | 93 | Reach |
| 9 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
$75,400 | 10.1% | 63 | Reach |
| 10 | UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$75,400 | 11.7% | 185 | Reach |
| 11 | USC Los Angeles, CA |
$75,400 | 10.0% | 125 | Reach |
| 12 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI |
$70,200 | 17.9% | 357 | Match |
| 13 | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC |
$70,200 | 18.7% | 307 | Match |
| 14 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA |
$70,200 | 16.9% | 167 | Match |
| 15 | Texas A&M University Austin, TX |
$65,000 | 29.1% | 561 | Match |
| 16 | UC Irvine Irvine, CA |
$65,000 | 25.6% | 555 | Match |
| 17 | UC San Diego La Jolla, CA |
$65,000 | 24.5% | 304 | Match |
| 18 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL |
$65,000 | 24.0% | 726 | Match |
| 19 | UC Davis Davis, CA |
$59,799 | 41.6% | 56 | Safety |
| 20 | University of Illinois Champaign, IL |
$59,799 | 43.7% | 388 | Safety |
| 21 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA |
$59,799 | 49.7% | 617 | Safety |
| 22 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$59,799 | 35.9% | 234 | Match |
| 23 | University of Washington Seattle, WA |
$59,799 | 42.5% | 554 | Safety |
| 24 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH |
$54,600 | 50.8% | 1,130 | Safety |
| 25 | Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ |
$54,600 | 65.3% | 828 | Safety |
| 26 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT |
$54,600 | 53.9% | 668 | Safety |
| 27 | University of Texas at Austin College Station, TX |
$54,600 | 63.2% | 959 | Safety |
| 28 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA |
$54,600 | 57.0% | 107 | Safety |
| 29 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
$52,000 | 77.5% | 677 | Safety |
| 30 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
$52,000 | 83.9% | 317 | Safety |
Data source: IPEDS, College Scorecard.