Education & Training
Allied Health Diagnostic
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
What can you do with this education or training? Here are the careers it prepares you for, what graduates typically earn and owe, and how many colleges offer it.
Careers this leads to
- Anesthesiologist Assistants Master's degree
- Athletic Trainers Master's degree
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians Associate degree
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Certificate or apprenticeship
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Master's degree
- Hearing Aid Specialists Bachelor's degree
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Associate degree
- Medical Dosimetrists Bachelor's degree
- Neurodiagnostic Technologists Associate degree
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists Associate degree
- Nuclear Monitoring Technicians Certificate or apprenticeship
- Nuclear Technicians Certificate or apprenticeship
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Bachelor's degree
- Ophthalmic Medical Technologists Certificate or apprenticeship
- Paramedics Certificate or apprenticeship
- Patient Representatives Certificate or apprenticeship
- Physician Assistants Master's degree
- Radiation Therapists Associate degree
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Certificate or apprenticeship
- Respiratory Therapists Certificate or apprenticeship
- Surgical Assistants Certificate or apprenticeship
- Surgical Technologists Certificate or apprenticeship
Pay and debt by degree
| Degree or certificate | Yearly pay 1 year after finishing | Yearly pay 4 years after finishing | Typical debt | Colleges offering it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | $53,392 | $57,020 | $9,750 | 980 |
| Associate degree | $60,193 | $63,881 | $15,533 | 1,066 |
| Bachelor's degree | $69,966 | $68,601 | $21,937 | 523 |
| Master's degree | $113,487 | $127,297 | $124,028 | 489 |
| Doctoral degree | $87,438 | $78,116 | $58,440 | 21 |
| Professional degree | $134,706 | $130,026 | $84,692 | 20 |
Median earnings of graduates who got federal student aid, and median federal loan debt at graduation, typical across U.S. colleges. Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education. Each college can differ a lot: take the quiz to see colleges near you.