Master's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Public Health at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,347
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $2k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$199k (likely −$321k – −$61k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$173k (likely −$419k – $123k)
- 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
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$102,767
- 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
- 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
Public Health at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$142,151
- Arcadia University$116,631
- University of Pennsylvania$90,435
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus$90,383
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus$90,383
- Thomas Jefferson University$90,156
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania$80,017
- Drexel University$76,628
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$72,884
- Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster$72,884