Master's · Chester, Pennsylvania
Is Public Health at Widener University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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
- $55,841
- 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
- $77,806
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $82k (likely $82k – $82k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$13k 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
- −$424k (likely −$498k – −$338k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$558k (likely −$702k – −$380k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Bachelor's)$98,777
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- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (Master's)$98,251
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$96,854
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- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$95,230
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$91,655
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- 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