Aiken Technical College Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Public college
- Graniteville, SC
- About 22 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Aiken Technical College diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn more than graduates of most diagnostic and treatment professions programs nationally, $62,216 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $18,128 in federal loans, close to the national median of $18,592. It is one of the higher-paying diagnostic and treatment professions degrees in South Carolina.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The South Carolina and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every South Carolina diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the South Carolina medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $192 a month, or 3.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
87% of graduates (20 of 23) were working in South Carolina one year after graduating. Prices in the Augusta area are about 8% below the national average, so a $62,216 salary here buys what about $67,697 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to diagnostic and treatment professions, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
$69,600Median pay in South Carolina. 3,630 people work in this job in South Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
Emergency Medical Technicians
$40,370Median pay in South Carolina. 4,010 people work in this job in South Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
Physician Assistants
$122,490Median pay in South Carolina. 2,250 people work in this job in South Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035, with about 11,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Respiratory Therapists
$77,740Median pay in South Carolina. 1,960 people work in this job in South Carolina. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,600 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
About Aiken Technical College
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 2nd of 3 associate's programs at Aiken Technical College by first-year earnings. The others are Nursing ($72,146) and Other Interdisciplinary Studies ($45,236).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near Graniteville
Common questions
The median graduate earns $62,216 one year after graduating. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in South Carolina is $51,808.
The median federal loan balance is $18,128, which ranks 4th lowest of 7 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in South Carolina. That works out to about $192 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 29% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%.
Most do. 87% (20 of 23) were working in South Carolina one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of South Carolina comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the diagnostic and treatment professions program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024