Best Healthcare Degrees by ROI in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top healthcare and nursing programs ranked by earnings, AI resilience, and return on investment.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$76,447/yr
Avg DW Score
87/100
#1 Program
Health Administration
Bellevue College

Best Healthcare Degrees by ROI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program DW Score Earnings AI Risk ROI
1 Health Administration
Bellevue College · Bellevue, WA
92
86–95
$71,572/yr High 40.6x
2 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Stanislaus · Turlock, CA
91
85–91
$119,356/yr High 38.2x
3 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-San Bernardino · San Bernardino, CA
91
85–91
$93,142/yr High 34.7x
4 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Chico · Chico, CA
91
85–91
$113,181/yr High 36.4x
5 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Dominguez Hills · Carson, CA
91
85–92
$110,626/yr High 42.5x
6 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Fresno · Fresno, CA
91
85–91
$96,890/yr High 39.6x
7 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA
91
85–92
$103,028/yr High 40.1x
8 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-East Bay · Hayward, CA
91
85–92
$124,392/yr High 56.0x
9 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Long Beach · Long Beach, CA
91
85–91
$100,178/yr High 39.6x
10 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA
91
85–92
$98,811/yr High 43.1x
11 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Northridge · Northridge, CA
91
85–92
$106,780/yr High 41.1x
12 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Sacramento · Sacramento, CA
91
85–92
$116,001/yr High 44.6x
13 Nursing (RN/BSN)
San Diego State University · San Diego, CA
91
85–91
$100,221/yr High 32.1x
14 Nursing (RN/BSN)
San Francisco State University · San Francisco, CA
91
85–92
$117,532/yr High 47.6x
15 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Sonoma State University · Rohnert Park, CA
91
85–92
$125,646/yr High 39.1x
16 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · Dover, DE
91
85–91
$86,455/yr High 42.5x
17 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Miami Dade College · Miami, FL
91
85–92
$90,158/yr High 78.4x
18 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Pasco-Hernando State College · New Port Richey, FL
91
85–92
$89,145/yr High 69.6x
19 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Seminole State College of Florida · Sanford, FL
91
85–92
$89,194/yr High 68.1x
20 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Valencia College · Orlando, FL
91
85–92
$93,751/yr High 93.7x
21 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Clayton State University · Morrow, GA
91
84–91
$82,714/yr High 45.0x
22 Nursing (RN/BSN)
East Georgia State College · Swainsboro, GA
91
85–91
$84,669/yr High 76.4x
23 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Georgia Highlands College · Rome, GA
91
85–91
$83,986/yr High 70.3x
24 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Thomas Edison State University · Trenton, NJ
91
85–91
$95,053/yr High 36.5x
25 Nursing (RN/BSN)
New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM
91
85–91
$88,137/yr High 36.0x
26 Nursing (RN/BSN)
College of Staten Island CUNY · Staten Island, NY
91
85–92
$110,335/yr High 39.2x
27 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY Graduate School and University Center · New York, NY
91
85–92
$109,744/yr High 40.9x
28 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY Hunter College · New York, NY
91
85–91
$103,692/yr High 37.7x
29 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY Lehman College · Bronx, NY
91
85–92
$101,531/yr High 42.2x
30 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY Medgar Evers College · Brooklyn, NY
91
85–92
$115,779/yr High 42.5x
31 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY New York City College of Technology · Brooklyn, NY
91
85–91
$103,611/yr High 36.8x
32 Nursing (RN/BSN)
CUNY York College · Jamaica, NY
91
85–92
$113,718/yr High 31.9x
33 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Farmingdale State College · Farmingdale, NY
91
85–91
$103,508/yr High 31.7x
34 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Empire State University · Saratoga Springs, NY
91
85–91
$94,830/yr High 32.9x
35 Pharmacy
Southwestern Oklahoma State University · Weatherford, OK
92
86–94
$115,284/yr High 33.7x
36 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Austin Community College District · Austin, TX
91
85–92
$88,105/yr High 85.4x
37 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Bellevue College · Bellevue, WA
91
85–92
$97,067/yr High 55.4x
38 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Olympic College · Bremerton, WA
91
85–91
$88,069/yr High 51.5x
39 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Wenatchee Valley College · Wenatchee, WA
91
85–91
$86,059/yr High 41.0x
40 Health Administration
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI
91
84–92
$71,692/yr High 21.5x
41 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-San Marcos · San Marcos, CA
91
85–91
$103,799/yr High 33.2x
42 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Monterey Bay · Seaside, CA
91
85–92
$117,088/yr High 43.4x
43 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Nevada State University · Henderson, NV
91
85–91
$85,585/yr High 38.4x
44 Nursing (RN/BSN)
California State University-Channel Islands · Camarillo, CA
91
85–91
$103,484/yr High 39.7x
45 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Aspen University · Phoenix, AZ
91
85–91
$94,023/yr High 36.5x
46 Nursing (RN/BSN)
University of Alaska Anchorage · Anchorage, AK
91
85–91
$86,823/yr High 27.2x
47 Health Administration
Charter Oak State College · New Britain, CT
90
84–91
$69,160/yr High 21.4x
48 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Broward College · Fort Lauderdale, FL
90
84–91
$79,135/yr High 95.3x
49 Nursing (RN/BSN)
College of Central Florida · Ocala, FL
90
84–91
$78,006/yr High 102.5x
50 Nursing (RN/BSN)
Daytona State College · Daytona Beach, FL
90
84–91
$77,838/yr High 73.2x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.