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Bachelor's · Springfield, Missouri

Is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General at Missouri State University-Springfield worth it?

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 4.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$49,804
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$69,954
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$19,087
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$73k (likely $73k – $95k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
4.5 years (likely 3.4–6.1)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$32k (likely −$71k – $145k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$409k (likely $203k – $655k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
59%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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Students heading toward health & medicine majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Biology HL
  • Chemistry HL

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