Cox College Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Private nonprofit college
- Springfield, MO
- About 18 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Cox College diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn less than graduates of most diagnostic and treatment professions programs nationally, $47,630 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $29,000 in federal loans, more than at 91% of diagnostic and treatment professions programs in the country. Several Missouri programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Missouri and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Cox College graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as the Missouri median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Missouri diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Missouri medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 10% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $307 a month, or 7.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Springfield area are about 11% below the national average, so a $47,630 salary here buys what about $53,768 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
$73,080Median pay in Missouri. 5,170 people work in this job in Missouri. 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
$42,160Median pay in Missouri. 2,800 people work in this job in Missouri. 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
$135,130Median pay in Missouri. 2,300 people work in this job in Missouri. 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
$78,390Median pay in Missouri. 3,030 people work in this job in Missouri. 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 Cox College
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 2nd of 2 associate's programs at Cox College by first-year earnings. The other is Nursing ($58,667).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near Springfield
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,630 one year after graduating and $52,265 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Missouri is $51,282.
The median federal loan balance is $29,000, which ranks 9th lowest of 11 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Missouri. That works out to about $307 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 61% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other Missouri programs before deciding.
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 Missouri 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