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Start with the job you want, not the college. Pick a career to see the degree programs that lead there — then every college that offers them, filtered by cost and state. Built on federal IPEDS data.

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Acupuncturists $76,040 median Anesthesiologists $391,490 median Athletic Trainers $62,520 median Audiologist $95,780 median Biochemist & Biophysicist $127,410 median Biological Science Teachers $84,620 median Biological Technician $57,510 median Cardiologist $496,010 median Cardiovascular Technologist $74,310 median Chiropractor $79,200 median Claims Adjusters $78,000 median Community Health Workers $51,850 median Dental Assistant $48,070 median Dental Hygienists $98,100 median Dentist $170,950 median Dermatologists $328,730 median Diagnostic Medical Sonographer $96,590 median Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) $44,470 median Emergency Medicine Physicians $335,550 median Epidemiologists $87,220 median Exercise Physiologists $59,460 median Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors $47,160 median Family Medicine Physician $244,180 median Food Science Technicians $52,130 median General Internal Medicine Physicians $256,560 median Health Education Specialists $64,070 median Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars $68,020 median Health Specialties Teachers $107,310 median Hearing Aid Specialists $65,160 median Licensed Practical Nurse $64,400 median Massage Therapists $58,450 median Medical & Health Services Manager $123,860 median Medical Appliance Technicians $48,030 median Medical Assistant $45,690 median Medical Records Specialists $51,140 median Medical Scientists $103,410 median Medical Transcriptionists $40,410 median Microbiologist $87,990 median MRI Technologist $95,480 median Neurologists $248,560 median Nuclear Medicine Technologists $101,370 median Nurse Anesthetist $236,590 median Nurse Midwives $134,040 median Nurse Practitioner $132,300 median Nursing Assistant $42,260 median Nursing Instructors and Teachers $80,250 median Obstetricians and Gynecologists $292,910 median Occupational Health and Safety Specialists $90,150 median Occupational Health and Safety Technicians $61,560 median Occupational Therapist $100,330 median Occupational Therapy Assistant $72,300 median Ophthalmic Medical Technicians $45,570 median Ophthalmologists $300,080 median Opticians $47,260 median Optometrist $136,570 median Orthodontists $289,140 median Orthopedic Surgeons $358,550 median Orthotists and Prosthetists $81,110 median Paramedic $60,600 median Pediatricians $210,040 median Pharmacist $140,910 median Pharmacy Technician $45,750 median Phlebotomists $45,230 median Physical Therapist $102,760 median Physical Therapist Assistant $68,380 median Physician Assistant $135,880 median Physicians $312,400 median Podiatrists $160,300 median Postsecondary Education Administrator $104,590 median Psychiatric Technicians $45,130 median Psychiatrists $281,870 median Radiation Therapists $105,310 median Radiologic Technologist $80,110 median Radiologists $420,860 median Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers $77,270 median Recreation Workers $36,560 median Recreational Therapists $61,960 median Registered Nurse $97,550 median Rehabilitation Counselor $46,850 median Respiratory Therapist $82,280 median Speech-Language Pathologist $97,870 median Surgical Assistants $66,800 median Surgical Technologists $64,650 median Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist $76,780 median

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