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What can you do with a
Medicine degree?

Medicine is modest-paying, AI barely touches it, and you would have escape routes.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
None yrs
to pay back the degree
+$-12k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$33,290
Typical debt
$18,657
4-yr net cost
$54,680
Monthly loan payment
$212/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

18 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Information Technology Project Managersstretch
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$456,528
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$400,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$400,000
Radiologistsleap
AI risk 20 → 49 future · +2.7% demand
$364,000
Anesthesiologistscommon
AI risk 0 → 25 future · +3.2% demand
$362,500
Information Technology Project Managersstretch
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$354,016
Dermatologistsstretch
AI risk 0 → 38 future · +6.4% demand
$350,000
Information Technology Project Managersleap
AI risk 50 → 60 future · +0% demand
$336,617
Neurologistsleap
AI risk 0 → 46 future · +5.4% demand
$300,000
Obstetricians and Gynecologistsleap
AI risk 7 → 39 future · +1.2% demand
$300,000
Psychiatristsleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +6.1% demand
$266,646
Allergists and Immunologistsleap
AI risk 3 → 45 future · +2.5% demand
$250,000
Physicians, Pathologistsleap
AI risk 16 → 47 future · +4.2% demand
$248,373
General Internal Medicine Physiciansleap
AI risk 8 → 46 future · +3.3% demand
$240,000
Family Medicine Physiciansleap
AI risk 0 → 44 future · +2.7% demand
$231,000
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatricleap
AI risk 0 → 43 future · +4.3% demand
$224,994
Pediatricians, Generalleap
AI risk 0 → 48 future · +0.8% demand
$212,500
Podiatristsleap
AI risk 0 → 29 future · +1.8% demand
$83,495
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.