Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Public college
- Perkinston, MS
- About 57 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn less than graduates of most diagnostic and treatment professions programs nationally, $41,228 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $12,000 in federal loans, less than at 83% of diagnostic and treatment professions programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Mississippi median of $45,024.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Mississippi and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College graduates earn less than the national figure and about the same as the Mississippi median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Mississippi diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Mississippi 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 13% 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 $127 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
79% of graduates (52 of 66) were working in Mississippi one year after graduating. Prices in the Gulfport area are about 10% below the national average, so a $41,228 salary here buys what about $45,806 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
$59,300Median pay in Mississippi. 2,510 people work in this job in Mississippi. 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
$36,630Median pay in Mississippi. 1,390 people work in this job in Mississippi. 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
$105,920Median pay in Mississippi. 320 people work in this job in Mississippi. 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
$63,270Median pay in Mississippi. 1,670 people work in this job in Mississippi. 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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 4th of 12 associate's programs at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($66,438), Medical Laboratory Science ($44,560), and Industrial Technology ($43,631).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near Perkinston
Common questions
The median graduate earns $41,228 one year after graduating and $46,422 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Mississippi is $45,024.
The median federal loan balance is $12,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 7 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Mississippi. That works out to about $127 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%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Mississippi programs report higher pay.
Most do. 79% (52 of 66) were working in Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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