Master's · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Is Public Health at University of Pennsylvania 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 5.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,539
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $97,138
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $59,524
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $63k (likely $63k – $63k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $26k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.1 years (likely 3.6–7.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $2k (likely −$107k – $121k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $368k (likely $107k – $637k)
- 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 University of Pennsylvania
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$316,195
- Law (First professional)$302,120
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$272,321
- Marketing (Master's)$255,357
- International/Globalization Studies (Master's)$253,631
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations (Master's)$252,729
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other (Master's)$250,392
- Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences (Undergraduate certificate)$246,660
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$241,380
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (Master's)$237,136
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$233,999
- Real Estate (Master's)$230,624
Public Health at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine$142,151
- Arcadia University$116,631
- 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
- Temple University$71,641