Is a Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences degree worth it?
Across 60 schools, graduates of Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences earn a median $66,354 five years out on $22,125 of debt. Graduates most commonly work as Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (modeled from the federal CIP-to-SOC crosswalk). These earnings and debt figures come from the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Median 5-yr pay
$66,354
Median debt
$22,125
Years to pay off
3.5
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
51%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+6.6%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
0.1%
$65,518 vs $65,448
Net price
$19,462/yr
Debt-test failures
0%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$991
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.