Health/Medical Preparatory Programs at Nevada State University

First-year earnings of $85,007 put this program in rare territory—95th percentile nationally among health/medical preparatory bachelor's programs, where the typical graduate earns just $33,642. While Nevada State is the only school in the state reporting outcomes for this specific major, that $85,000 figure is more than double what most health prep programs produce nationwide. Based on typical borrowing patterns at similar institutions, graduates here might carry around $25,000 in debt, creating a debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.29—manageable by most standards and well below the concerning threshold of 1.0.

The question is sustainability. Health/medical preparatory programs typically serve as stepping stones to graduate or professional school rather than terminal degrees, so these unusually high first-year earnings may reflect students entering the workforce in related healthcare positions rather than continuing their education as planned. If your child intends to apply to medical, dental, or PA programs after graduation, these earnings figures become less relevant than the program's success rate at placing students into those competitive programs—data that isn't captured here.

For students planning to work immediately after graduation, this looks like solid value. For those using it as pre-med preparation, judge the program by its advising quality and acceptance rates into professional schools instead. The estimated debt level is reasonable either way, but the career pathway matters more than the first-year salary when evaluating this particular degree.