by our College Data Analytics Team
[Medical Science](/majors/health-care-professions/medical-science/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a medical science degree into the strongest early-career earnings.
College Factual analyzed 3 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the highest-paying medical science schools.
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If you want to know which schools send medical science graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.
University Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus tops our 2026 list of the highest-paying medical science schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, University Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus is a public institution. After graduating, medical science degree recipients from University Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus typically earn about $206,891 annually.
Students chasing top earnings in medical science will find them at University Of Pennsylvania, which ranked #2. University Of Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia. Early-career medical science graduates from University Of Pennsylvania make a median of around $77,276 per year.
New York Institute Of Technology came in at #3 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying medical science schools. New York Institute Of Technology is a private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Old Westbury. Medical Science graduates of New York Institute Of Technology earn a median of about $66,337 a year early in their careers.
The ranking above is published by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their medical science graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).
Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.
*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.
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