Health and Medical Administrative Services at Southwestern College

Drawing on outcomes from comparable Kansas programs, this healthcare administration bachelor's degree appears positioned near the state median, with estimated first-year earnings around $52,016 against roughly $29,198 in debt. That 0.56 debt-to-earnings ratio suggests manageable repayment—graduates could theoretically clear their debt in about seven months of gross salary. However, the four-year earnings figure of $47,314 (which is actual reported data) tells a different story: salaries appear to dip rather than climb in the years immediately following graduation, a pattern that complicates the initial debt picture.

The challenge here is that Kansas programs in this field vary dramatically. Three Ottawa University variants report graduates earning $75,385—nearly $23,000 more than what peer programs suggest Southwestern College graduates might expect. Meanwhile, the national median sits at $44,345, suggesting the Kansas estimates may be optimistic. With 39% of students on Pell grants, many families here can't afford to gamble on which end of that spectrum they'll land.

Given the suppressed data and the unusual earnings dip after year one, you're essentially betting on estimates derived from a small pool of Kansas schools. If your child is committed to healthcare administration and wants the smaller-college environment Southwestern offers, understand you're taking that bet with limited visibility into this specific program's track record. The debt load is reasonable only if those estimated earnings materialize—and the year-four data suggests that's not guaranteed.