Highest Earning Master's Nursing & Health Programs

These are the highest earning master's nursing & health programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Virginia Commonwealth University leading at $336,392.

Rank Institution Program State Earnings Completers
1 Virginia Commonwealth University Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences VA $336,392 18
2 Saint Louis University Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences MO $313,933 23
3 Texas A&M University-College Station Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences TX $285,291 12
4 University of Illinois Chicago Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences IL $281,546 30
5 University of California-San Francisco Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies CA $262,394 40
6 Indiana University-Indianapolis Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences IN $252,749 26
7 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies PA $250,731 32
8 University of Pennsylvania Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other PA $250,392 22
9 Albany Medical College Registered Nursing NY $248,309 25
10 Emory University Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies GA $247,837 17
11 University of North Dakota Registered Nursing ND $244,209 156
12 Rush University Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies IL $240,659 15
13 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Registered Nursing MN $240,586 32
14 University of Pennsylvania Health Services Administration PA $233,999 122
15 Newman University Registered Nursing KS $231,867 24
16 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences WA $230,603 23
17 Washington University in St Louis Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies MO $229,459 18
18 Emory University Allied Health & Medical Assisting GA $226,131 31
19 University of Missouri-Kansas City Allied Health & Medical Assisting MO $222,572 13
20 Nova Southeastern University Allied Health & Medical Assisting FL $221,571 96
21 Case Western Reserve University Allied Health & Medical Assisting OH $221,536 79
22 Mount Marty University Registered Nursing SD $221,221 16
23 Wake Forest University Registered Nursing NC $221,028 24
24 University of New England Registered Nursing ME $221,022 20
25 South University-Savannah Allied Health & Medical Assisting GA $220,550 29
26 Texas Wesleyan University Registered Nursing TX $219,488 5
27 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other MI $218,762 16
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences NC $216,728 30
29 AdventHealth University Registered Nursing FL $214,531 36
30 University of Miami Health Services Administration FL $207,995 9
31 University of Florida Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences FL $207,455 14
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies NC $204,372 14
33 University of Connecticut Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences CT $201,547 13
34 Webster University Registered Nursing MO $201,294 68
35 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences TX $201,160 14
36 Vanderbilt University Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies TN $199,064 7
37 Harvard University Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences MA $198,921 18
38 Midwestern University-Glendale Registered Nursing AZ $198,909 33
39 Gannon University Registered Nursing PA $197,954 16
40 University of California-San Francisco Health Services Administration CA $192,159 27
41 Northwestern University Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies IL $189,578 37
42 Medical University of South Carolina Registered Nursing SC $187,865 75
43 Dartmouth College Health Services Administration NH $186,380 46
44 California State University-Fullerton Registered Nursing CA $182,816 31
45 Medical University of South Carolina Allied Health Diagnostic & Treatment SC $180,400 124
46 Vanderbilt University Health Services Administration TN $178,361 23
47 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies CO $175,290 19
48 Rutgers University-New Brunswick Pharmacy NJ $174,192 36
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pharmacy NC $170,529 21
50 Vanderbilt University Public Health TN $166,705 67

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes master's programs in CIP family 51 (Nursing & Health) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.