Best Physician, All Other programs in Missouri, ranked by enrollment
All physicians not listed.
6 schools in Missouri run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,230 people a year. The job pays a median of $227,980 in Missouri across about 3,990 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Missouri that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
2 programs in Missouri that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Missouri (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Missouri page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.1202In Missouri → | 701 | 57.0% | 2 | $33,290 | $23,488 |
| 2 | CIP 51.1201In Missouri → | 529 | 43.0% | 4 | $33,290 | $23,488 |
Top 6 schools in Missouri
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 6 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City University Kansas City, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 417 | Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | A T Still University of Health Sciences Kirksville, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 284 | Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 172 | Medicine | — | 80% | $24,886 | 75% |
| 4 | University of Missouri - Kansas City Kansas City, MO Public · 1 feeder programs | 133 | Medicine | — | 55% | — | 72% |
| 5 | Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 114 | Medicine | — | 94% | $14,126 | 12% |
| 6 | University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia, MO Public · 1 feeder programs | 110 | Medicine | — | 75% | — | 78% |
All 6 schools in Missouri
Every school in Missouri with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City University | Kansas City | Private not-for-profit | 417 | 1 |
| A T Still University of Health Sciences | Kirksville | Private not-for-profit | 284 | 1 |
| Saint Louis University | Saint Louis | Private not-for-profit | 172 | 1 |
| University of Missouri - Kansas City | Kansas City | Public | 133 | 1 |
| Washington University in St Louis | St. Louis | Private not-for-profit | 114 | 1 |
| University of Missouri - Columbia | Columbia | Public | 110 | 1 |
What physicians, all other earn in Missouri
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $265,930. Missouri pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Missouri
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Physicians, All Other page.
How to become a Physician, All Other
Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above- Typical entry education
- Doctoral or professional degree
- On-the-job training
- Internship/residency
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Missouri
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 25 majors mapped to Physicians, All Other2 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.1201Medicine
- 51.1202Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy
- 51.1403Pain Management(no graduates reported)
- 61.0101Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Program, General(no graduates reported)
- 61.0105Family Medicine/Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0106Family Medicine/Preventive Medicine Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0113Internal Medicine/Medical Genetics and Genomics Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0116Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0118Medical Genetics and Genomics/Maternal-Fetal Medicine Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0121Pediatrics/Medical Genetics and Genomics Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0122Pediatrics/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0125Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility/Medical Genetics and Genomics Combined Specialty Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0199Combined Medical Residency/Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
- 61.0203Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0205Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0206Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0208Medical Toxicology Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0209Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0210Pain Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0212Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0213Sports Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0215Telemedicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0216Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0218Women's Health Fellowship Program(no graduates reported)
- 61.0299Multiple-Pathway Medical Fellowship Programs, Other(no graduates reported)
Common questions
Answers for people weighing physicians, all other programs in Missouri.
What degree do you need to become a Physician, All Other?+
Doctoral or professional degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy, which awarded 701 degrees in Missouri in 2024-25, 57.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Physician, All Other?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Medicine. Together they graduate about 1,230 people a year in Missouri.
How much do physicians, all other earn in Missouri?+
The median is $227,980 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 14.3% below the U.S. median of $265,930. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for physicians, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 9,600 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Missouri?+
6 institutions in Missouri reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do physicians, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Allergist, Physician, Urologist, Hospitalist, Physiatrist, Immunologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1229.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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