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Is an Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions degree worth the debt?

The figures below lead with the Bachelor's, aggregated across 198 colleges (198 of 198 programs report earnings). Other credential levels are in the table further down.

Median pay · 1 yr after

$50,962

Graduates only, early career.$50,856 two years out.

Median federal debt

$25,000

Federal loans only — not private or Parent PLUS.

Debt vs a year's pay

0.48×

48% of a first year's earnings.

Typical debt is well under a single year's early-career pay.

The college you pick moves this a lot

The middle 50% of Bachelor's programs in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions report early-career pay between $37,070 and $58,677 — a spread of $21,607 that depends on the program and who attends it, not the major alone.

25th pct $37,070 median $50,962 75th pct $58,677

By degree level

Each level is a separate decision — more schooling usually means more pay and more debt.

LevelPay · 1yrDebtDebt/pay

Certificate 221 colleges $38,285 $11,600 0.29×

Associate's 552 colleges $46,070 $15,736 0.32×

Bachelor's 198 colleges $50,962 $25,000 0.48×

Master's 200 colleges $101,332 $110,127 1.11×

Doctoral 4 colleges $60,010 $51,763 0.61×

Professional 3 colleges $111,425 $100,658 1.00×

Grad cert. 3 colleges $99,200 $78,486 0.78×

Where an Bachelor's in this field reports the highest early-career pay

The 15 programs with the highest reported pay one year after completion. This reflects who enrolls and where they live as much as the program itself — it is not a causal quality ranking.

CUNY City College NY $122,779 —

Medical University of South Carolina SC $121,846 —

University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $121,083 $28,625 debt

CUNY York College NY $116,641 —

Barry University FL $108,847 $29,250 debt

St. John's University-New York NY $100,655 $27,000 debt

National University CA $94,452 —

Seattle University WA $86,015 $24,702 debt

California State University-Northridge CA $83,281 $18,875 debt

Saint Joseph's College of Maine ME $81,735 $16,133 debt

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University NY $81,537 $22,869 debt

Cardinal Stritch University $80,278 —

Stony Brook University NY $80,124 $18,735 debt

Loma Linda University CA $80,103 $25,000 debt

CUNY New York City College of Technology NY $77,056 —

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is a median across college programs in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn (your college, effort, and local job market vary enormously — see the spread above), not lifetime earnings (it is measured 1–2 years after completion, early career), not proof the major caused the outcome (who enters a field differs by field — selection, not causation), and not a "best majors" ranking: earnings are one dimension of worth, not the whole of it. Teaching and social work pay far less than the fields at the top of this list and matter enormously. Earnings cover federally-aided completers at programs large enough to report.

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