Health-Related Knowledge and Skills: earnings, debt, and careers

CIP 34.01. Official graduate outcomes from the U.S. Department of Education across 42 programs, and the careers this field is linked to.

Graduate earnings by credential level

National earnings of Health-Related Knowledge and Skills graduates who were working and not enrolled one year after completing, by credential. Undergraduate certificate: median $43,772; Associate's degree: median $47,292; Bachelor's degree: median $42,866. The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile, the thin line spans the 10th to 90th percentile, and the red mark is the median.

Credential	Programs	Median earnings, 1 yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs	Typical program median debt
Undergraduate certificate	6	$43,772	$36,139	$28,075 1 programs
Associate's degree	10	$47,292	$52,272	Data unavailable
Bachelor's degree	9	$42,866	$55,086	$21,562 1 programs
Master's degree	12	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable
Doctoral degree	1	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable
Graduate certificate	4	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable

National earnings are published by the Department of Education for each field and credential level Verified data. Typical program median debt is ConnectPrep's calculation: the median across programs of each program's median federal debt Calculated estimate. It covers federal loans only.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Undergraduate certificate programs with the highest early earnings

School	Median earnings, 1 yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs	Median debt
Old Dominion University VA · Public · 17 graduates measured	$43,381	Data unavailable	$28,075

Ranked by published median earnings one year after completion. Programs with suppressed earnings do not appear, so this is not a ranking of program quality.

Bachelor's degree programs with the highest early earnings

School	Median earnings, 1 yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs	Median debt
University of Rhode Island RI · Public · 131 graduates measured	$43,160	$56,761	$21,562

Ranked by published median earnings one year after completion. Programs with suppressed earnings do not appear, so this is not a ranking of program quality.

Careers linked to Health-Related Knowledge and Skills

Data unavailable No occupations are mapped to this field in the official crosswalk.

Occupations mapped to this field in the NCES and BLS CIP to SOC crosswalk. Occupation wages describe all workers, not recent graduates.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk. CIP 2020 and SOC 2018 taxonomies. Published April 30, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, National. May 2025 reference period. Published April 30, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.2: Occupational projections, 2025-35, and worker characteristics, 2025. Base year 2025, projected year 2035. Published August 27, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Detailed CIP codes in this field (5)

34.0102 Birthing and Parenting Knowledge and Skills
34.0103 Personal Health Improvement and Maintenance
34.0104 Addiction Prevention and Treatment
34.0105 Meditation/Mind-Body Wellness
34.0199 Health-Related Knowledge and Skills, Other