First professional · Pikeville, Kentucky

Is Medicine at University of Pikeville worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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: $66,091; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $240,851; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $273,784; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $290k (likely $290k – $290k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $184k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in KY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.5 years (likely 3.1–3.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $1.02M (likely $862k – $1.19M); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $3.15M (likely $2.72M – $3.62M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.