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    Medicine

    CIP51.12

    127 colleges offer Medicine. See what it covers, which degree levels are available and what graduates earn and borrow.

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Colleges offering it
    127
    at its most common level
    Bachelor's earnings
    $66,899
    median, 4 years after
    Bachelor's debt
    $15,000
    median federal loans
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    Colleges offering it, by degree level

    Certificate
    2
    Associate's
    1
    Bachelor's
    1
    Master's
    2
    Doctoral
    20
    First professional
    127
    Graduate/professional certificate
    3
    Published colleges reporting the program. College Scorecard field of study, 2025.

    What it covers

    About Medicine

    A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of medicine, involving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses, injuries, and other disorders of the human body. Includes instruction in the basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, examination and diagnosis, patient communications, medical ethics and law, professional standards, and rotations in specialties such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, neurology, ophthalmology, radiology, clinical pathology, anesthesiology, family medicine, and psychiatry.

    Definition: National Center for Education Statistics, Classification of Instructional Programs 2020, code 51.12.

    By degree level

    Earnings and debt by degree level

    Medians across colleges of each college's own program median. Earnings are for graduates who received federal aid and were working.

    Colleges offering Medicine and median graduate earnings and debt at each degree level
    Degree levelCollegesMedian earningsMedian debt
    Certificate2Not reportedNot reported
    Associate's1Not reportedNot reported
    Bachelor's1$66,8994 yrs after · 1 college$15,0001 college
    Master's2Not reportedNot reported
    Doctoral20$117,2094 yrs after · 16 colleges$198,64816 colleges
    First professional127$106,4654 yrs after · 95 colleges$197,595102 colleges
    Graduate/professional certificate3Not reportedNot reported

    Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data, 2025. Colleges with too few graduates have their earnings and debt suppressed, so the number of colleges reporting is smaller than the number offering the program.

    Careers

    Careers this program leads to

    Occupations linked to Medicine by the NCES CIP–SOC crosswalk, highest national median pay first. Pay and outlook are BLS figures for each occupation.

    All 24 in the career explorer

    • Healthcare practitioners

      Pediatric Surgeons

      Median pay
      $559,030
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Cardiologists

      Median pay
      $496,010
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

    • Healthcare practitioners

      Radiologists

      Median pay
      $420,860
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

      • Active Listening
      • Reading Comprehension
      • Speaking

    • Healthcare practitioners

      Surgeons, All Other

      Median pay
      $414,010
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

    • Healthcare practitioners

      Anesthesiologists

      Median pay
      $391,490
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

      • Critical Thinking
      • Judgment and Decision Making
      • Monitoring

    • Healthcare practitioners

      Emergency Medicine Physicians

      Median pay
      $335,550
      Outlook
      As fast as average

      Doctoral or professional degree

      • Active Listening
      • Critical Thinking
      • Reading Comprehension
    • Bright outlook

      Healthcare practitioners

      Dermatologists

      Median pay
      $328,730
      Outlook
      Faster than average

      Doctoral or professional degree

      • Critical Thinking
      • Active Listening
      • Service Orientation

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    Questions about Medicine

    How many colleges offer Medicine?

    Published colleges on CollegesRef report Medicine at these degree levels: certificate (2 colleges), associate's (1 college), bachelor's (1 college), master's (2 colleges), doctoral (20 colleges), first professional (127 colleges), graduate/professional certificate (3 colleges). Counts are from College Scorecard field-of-study data (2025).

    What do Medicine graduates earn?

    At the median college, bachelor's graduates in Medicine earn $66,899 a year four years after finishing, across 1 college that report earnings. Figures cover graduates who received federal aid.