 What's happening guys? So another highly requested video here. Today, we are going to be talking about the health degree tier list 2021 version. So this is going to be after the pandemic that happened. Did this one last year and there has been a few things that have changed since I did that list. And health degrees are fantastic and some are better than others but there's a lot more to it when it comes to choosing a health degree. First of all, it's not cookie cutter like a lot of the other degrees where you go two years for your associates four years for your bachelor, six for yours for your masters and then you know, a lot longer for your doctorate. With health degrees, it could be one year, six months, one and a half years, two and a half years, three years, et cetera. And it can even change from state to state. Some states might require you to get a two year certification. Other states might require you to just pass a test, right? So it's going to be very important for you to understand certain things about these health degrees. And that's one of the things I'm going to help you go over in this video. Now, if my channel isn't a good enough resource or this video isn't enough for you and you still need help figuring out what college degree you want to get or if you just want to get the most out of college with the least amount of time, effort and money, check out my college degree 101 course down in the description below. And that is going to answer pretty much every question that you could possibly have. But with that being said, right after you hit that subscribe button, ring the notification bell and boot the like button, we are going to get right into it. Number one on this list is going to be dental assistant. Now, this one is technically a certification and some states you have to get a short certification and then take a test and other states you just can go in without doing any certification. But basically dental assistants are going to be people who help out dentists. Now, overall, this one isn't horrible to go into. You can get into it with very little education. So if you're someone who does not want to go to school for very long, this could be decent. But when you compare it to a lot of the other health degrees and health certifications, it's just not as good as some of them. So for that reason, I'm going to go ahead and put it into D tier. Next one probably sounds very similar and that's going to be dental hygienist, but they can actually do much more than dental assistants. Usually this one's going to take around two to three years or so for you to get licensed where you can become a dental hygienist and you can make really good money. So dental hygienists can actually perform some of the tasks that dentists used to do. A lot of the time, for instance, they're going to help out with teeth cleaning and teeth whitening and they can make really good money and there's really good demand for dental hygienists. Now, with this one, I will say it's probably best if you are kind of a very outgoing, extroverted type person. You know, a lot of people have a fear of going to the dentist. It's very awkward for them and so you're going to want to be a good people person so you can kind of calm them down. But yeah, dental hygienists, pretty good one, especially for the amount of time it takes to get into it doesn't take very long. This one is going to go into a tier. Next on the list is going to be a dentist and this is a doctoral level degree so it's probably going to take around eight years or so. Now, the average dentist is going to go hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt in order to become a dentist and it takes a long time. And then on top of that, many of them will end up investing even more money into starting their own practice and so a lot of the time dentists might actually be close to a million dollars in debt. And so many of them are going to be in their forties before they finally reach a net worth of zero. But with that being said, you can make really good money as a dentist. And so for that reason, as long as you're okay with being in the negative for a long period of time and you're probably not going to be, you know, making a ton of money or at least if you are going to be making a ton of money, you're going to be using most of it to pay off your debt until you are middle-aged. But if you're okay with that, this can be a fantastic one. I'm going to go ahead and put it into a tier. Next on the list is going to be a diagnostic medical sonographer. And this is going to be the person who helps people see their babies, for instance, while they're still inside of them, but they do a lot more than that. This one is more of a trade career. It's technically more of a certification and it takes a few years in order to get licensed. But as long as you do that, there's a ton of demand and you make really good money, especially for something that only takes a few years to get into. This one is also going to go into a tier. Next on the list is going to be a dietetic or a nutritionist. And this is going to be somebody who studies how to eat healthy. And they're going to specialize in helping other people to eat healthy so that they can live longer and they can prevent illness. A lot of people are passionate about food. And so this is a really popular one, but the only problem here is it doesn't really pay all that well and there's not all that much demand for it, unfortunately. And so for that reason, have to be fair here. This one is going into D tier. Next one is very similar and that's going to be health and wellness in general, health and wellness practitioner. And again, this is something pretty valuable in my opinion. Not a lot of people are into it, but unfortunately, there just isn't that much demand for it. It's not really an employable skill. And so for that reason, this one is even worse. It's going to go into F tier. Next one on the list is going to be a medical doctor. And this could be a MD or a DO. Now I have been very critical about becoming a medical doctor in the past. In some of my videos, I made an entire video about kind of the downsides of becoming a medical doctor. And the reason I did that is because I just think there's so much hype, right? There is an insane amount of hype behind becoming a medical doctor. And because of that, there are so many people that I've personally met in my life who felt a tremendous amount of pressure from their family to become a doctor, right? It's like they were failures if they did not become a medical doctor. It seemed like everybody I met when I was taking my science classes in undergrad was pre-med, right? Though they wanted to become a medical doctor. And the truth is, it is a great career for the right personality. Someone who's like an A-type personality very on top of things, you're okay with putting years and years into studying. Probably at least 12 years into studying and then doing your residency at least. A lot of the time it's more like 15 years before you become a doctor. And all during that time, you're either gonna be studying or working probably 60 to 80 hours a week. And then when you become a doctor, you're probably also gonna be working 60 plus hours a week for the rest of your career, right? So if that is something that appeals to you, you've got the right personality for it, this can be fantastic. It's definitely not something that I would want to do personally, but I can see why a lot of people want to do it. So for that reason, I'm gonna go ahead and put medical doctor into A tier. Next on the list is going to be nurse. And this is one where you pretty much have options at just about every level. So you've got kind of like an associate option. You've got kind of a bachelor's option, a master's option and even a doctorate option. And I have the associate bachelor and doctorate option. All of them I'm gonna go ahead and put into A tier. Really solid options, very flexible, right? So you can go in, you kind of get your associate option, work a little bit. If you feel like going back, getting more education, you can become a BSN, work a little more, go back, get your master's, become an NP, work a little more, go back, get your doctorate, become a DNP. So I really love how flexible nursing is. Another thing about it is there are so many nurses in the United States, there's over a million nurses. I think there's like over two million actually, if I remember correctly. And so, you know, if you get one job, chances are if you don't like it, it's gonna be very easy for you to switch to other jobs. There's gonna be a lot of different options out there for subspecialties. Now the next one on the list is going to be nurse practitioner and that's kind of the master's version of nurse. Now I've heard that this is kind of transitioning more to becoming doctorate, so more and more people are doing DNP. So maybe 10 or 15 years from now, most of them are going to be DNPs rather than NPs. But with that being said, this is a fantastic option. You can basically work on your own. You don't even have to be supervised by a doctor and you can prescribe and diagnose. On top of that, nurse practitioner is recognized in other countries and so you even have the option of moving to other countries. So nurse practitioner is fantastic. That one is going to be an S tier. And I'm going through these really fast guys, but I've made videos on quite a few of these other videos. So check out my other videos on my channel if you wanna know more about these. But I wanna try to keep this video relatively short so I can't really go into too much detail. Next on the list is going to be occupational therapy, which is where you help people to regain some of their mobility so that they can kind of have a more normal day-to-day life. Now this one has decent statistics when you look at the pay and how many jobs there are out there, but where it really shines is job satisfaction. This job actually has one of the highest job satisfaction scores out of any career out there. It is extremely satisfying to kind of help people after they get injured, they've got some kind of mental or physical issue and then you can help them progress to a point in their life where they have a relatively normal life. And that is extremely rewarding to be able to help people figure that out. And so for that reason, this one goes into B tier. Next one is going to be occupational therapy assistant and this is an associate level degree. You can make really good money, around $60,000 a year with an associate level degree that's much higher than the average American makes. So this is one that's a great option if you don't really wanna go to school for all that long, but you still wanna make decent money. And it has a lot of the pluses that occupational therapist has, so this one is also going to go into B tier. Next one on the list is going to be optician and this is one where you can get it actually in some states with just a high school diploma and then a little bit of training and some states they're gonna require an associate level degree. But basically you're gonna be helping people to fit on their glasses, try on different contacts, et cetera. So you might be working in a doctor's office like an optometrist or an ophthalmologist or you might end up working in a retail store. So for instance, the person who probably helps you if you went to lens crafters, that is likely an optician. But this one is not as high paying as a lot of the other ones that are at kind of the associate level. And so for that reason, it is going to go into D tier. Next on the list is going to be an optometrist and this is someone who's going to diagnose and treat different eye disorders. Not to be confused with an ophthalmologist, which is a type of medical doctor and they can actually perform surgeries on the eyes. So if you're nearsighted or you have a stigmatism, something along those lines, an optometrist is going to diagnose that and give you the right prescription for glasses or contacts that are gonna help you have perfect vision. But they wouldn't be able to give you something like lasik eye surgery. That would be something that an ophthalmologist would do. Now, with that being said, I am a little bit bullish on this one because I think so many people are spending so much time in front of computer screens and by the time they get older, they are going to have really bad vision, okay? Even worse than people who are getting older right now. And so for that reason, right now I'm gonna put it into B tier, but I could see this one rising up the ranks, maybe being A tier, 10 to 15 years from now. Next one on the list is going to be pharmacists. This is somebody who is going to be filling your prescription that the doctor prescribes to you. So if you've ever had to get an antibiotic, for instance, the doctor sends a prescription to maybe your local grocery store pharmacy, you go to the pharmacy, they give you a little wait time, then you pick up your prescription and the pharmacist counsels you. On top of that, there are pharmacists in just about every type of medical practice. A lot of the time they are going to be in the hospitals or different clinics. Now, this is a doctoral level degree. So generally speaking, it's gonna take around eight years, although I got my degree in a little over five and a half years. And I reveal how I did that in the college 101 course, which you can check out down in the description below. But with that being said, pharmacy is really good paying. I mean, really, really good paying. You start off making like over $120,000 a year, which is insane. But with that being said, because of certain forces in the market, pharmacy schools opening up left and right, unopposed, it has gotten a little bit saturated. Now, there are other forces working in the market as well. Many people are trying to get pharmacists what is known as prescriber status or provider status. And that would open up a ton of different jobs for pharmacists in the future. On top of that, with the onset of COVID, a lot of jobs opened up because pharmacists were on the front line giving COVID shots. So this is a very complicated issue here, but without a doubt, pharmacist is a pretty good option overall. The future is a little bit uncertain here, but I'm gonna go ahead and put this one into B tier. Next on the list is going to be physical therapists. This one is very similar to occupational therapists. However, PT focuses more on helping people perform certain movements, whereas occupational therapy focuses on helping people perform certain daily activities that would be normal to their daily life. So a physical therapist would probably work with like an athlete, for instance, if they got a shoulder injury to help them perform certain movements that they need to do during a game, for instance. Now, when it comes to the numbers, physical therapy just barely edges out occupational therapy. And for that reason, I'm gonna go ahead and put it one slot above in A tier. Next on the list is going to be a physical therapy assistant, much like the occupational therapist had an occupational therapy assistant. Now, physical therapy assistants or PTAs generally are going to have an associate level degree. They have fantastic job growth. There is a ton of demand for them and they do make relatively decent money. But in terms of the time it takes versus what you get out of it, not quite as good as some of the other ones on this list. I'm gonna go ahead and put this one into, let's say C tier. Next one on the list is going to be what was formerly known as physician assistant and now is known as physician associate. This is basically a six year master's degree or so somewhere around there. And basically what you're going to do is you're gonna be working under the supervision of a doctor. However, you can prescribe and diagnose. This is a super flexible degree. You can work in pretty much any part of healthcare with this degree really fantastic one, one of my favorites. You get paid amazingly well, six figures. You can get it in around six years. There's tons of demand for this. Just a fantastic overall degree for you to get. This one is gonna go into S tier. Next on the list is radiation therapist and this is one where you're basically going to be helping to operate different radiation devices to give people radiation treatment. A lot of the time these patients are going to have cancer, for instance. That can be really tough job, obviously, but if you're somebody who can handle that, this is a very rewarding career. It also pays really well and there's a ton of demand for it. Generally speaking, this is kind of an associate level degree so it takes around two years or so and you get paid super, super well with this one. It is incredible what you get when you only have to put about two years or so into it. This one is gonna go into A tier. Next one is radiologic and MRI technologist and they're basically going to help to create MRI images that's magnetic resonance imaging software and hardware. They're gonna be experts in helping to get those images so that the doctors can diagnose people and operating these MRI machines is an incredible diagnostic tool for doctors and healthcare professionals. Now this changes from state to state but usually you're gonna need like an associate level degree and then you might need a little bit of on the job training and this one is pretty good. I mean, a lot of these healthcare degrees you guys have to realize like I'm ranking them against themselves but a lot of these healthcare degrees are just incredible at every single level. So this is kind of like an associate level degree and I'm gonna put this one into C tier but just to kind of demonstrate how good these are I'll go ahead and I don't have time to do this on all of them but you're still making $63,000 a year here, okay? And it's also growing 7% which is much faster than average. So there are just so many amazing jobs in healthcare at every single level. That's one of the reasons why I rank healthcare degrees in general so high but yeah, this one is going to go into C tier just because some of the other ones are better. Next one on the list is going to be respiratory therapist and this is one where some respiratory therapists are going to have an associate's degree some are gonna have a bachelor's degree and they of course are going to help patients who have trouble breathing or they have lung issues so patients who have asthma for instance. And of course respiratory therapists have become especially important in the last year or so. Overall, this one has pretty decent statistics. I'm gonna go ahead and put it into B tier. Next on the list is going to be a speech language pathologist. This is gonna be someone who helps people out who have either speech problems or swallowing issues. Now this one is a master's level degree. You really do have to know what you're doing here quite a bit of education but just like pretty much every other healthcare degree out there, there is a ton of demand for it. You can make pretty good money as well. But just because some of the other ones on this list are so good, I am gonna put this one into C tier. All right guys, so that's all I have for you today. Keep in mind that I'm ranking health degrees and health certifications against each other. So you know, if this was against like all degrees, I think the worst one on this list would probably still be like C tier. So just keep that in mind. I just wanna remind you of that. Health degrees generally speaking at pretty much every single level, whether it's like no degree, just a certification or an associate's degree or a bachelor's, master's or doctorate are all pretty much fantastic. Check out my other videos right here. I made them just for you. Go ahead, smash that like button, hit the subscribe button, ring the notification bell and comment down below any thoughts, comments, criticisms, et cetera. Especially if you're someone who has gotten some of these degrees or certifications and you're currently working in those professions.