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Degree Program<\/th>\nRepresentative Occupation<\/th>\nMedian Annual Salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Nursing (DNP)<\/td>\nNurse Practitioner<\/td>\n$132,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Public Health (Master’s)<\/td>\nMedical and Health Services Manager<\/td>\n$117,960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physical Therapy<\/td>\nPhysical Therapist<\/td>\n$101,020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speech-Language Pathology<\/td>\nSpeech-Language Pathologist<\/td>\n$95,410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nursing (ASN\/BSN)<\/td>\nRegistered Nurse<\/td>\n$93,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS in Medical Imaging<\/td>\nDiagnostic Medical Sonographer<\/td>\n$89,340<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Respiratory Care<\/td>\nRespiratory Therapist<\/td>\n$80,450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS in Medical Imaging<\/td>\nRadiologic Technologist<\/td>\n$77,660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nutrition & Dietetics<\/td>\nDietitian\/Nutritionist<\/td>\n$73,850<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Work (MSW)<\/td>\nSocial Worker<\/td>\n$61,330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clinical Laboratory Sciences<\/td>\nClinical Laboratory Technologist\/Technician<\/td>\n$61,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Athletic Training<\/td>\nAthletic Trainer<\/td>\n$60,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exercise Science<\/td>\nExercise Physiologist<\/td>\n$58,160<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BS in Health Sciences<\/td>\nHealth Education Specialist<\/td>\n$63,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source:<\/strong> U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, May 2024 median annual wage data. Representative occupations were selected as the closest national BLS occupational match for each degree pathway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Degree Program Representative Occupation Median Annual Salary Nursing (DNP) Nurse Practitioner $132,050 Public Health (Master’s) Medical and Health Services Manager $117,960 Physical Therapy Physical Therapist $101,020 Speech-Language Pathology Speech-Language Pathologist $95,410 Nursing (ASN\/BSN) Registered Nurse $93,600 BS in Medical Imaging Diagnostic Medical Sonographer $89,340 Respiratory Care Respiratory Therapist $80,450 BS in Medical Imaging Radiologic Technologist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":959,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/959"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2577\/revisions\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/cohp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}