Saint Paul College Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Public college
- Saint Paul, MN
- About 42 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Saint Paul College diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn about what diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn nationally, $57,464 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $23,000 in federal loans, more than at 75% of diagnostic and treatment professions programs in the country. Several Minnesota programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Minnesota and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Saint Paul College graduates earn less than the national figure and about $3,832 less than the Minnesota median. Several Minnesota programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every Minnesota diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Minnesota 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 falls about 2% 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 $244 a month, or 5.1% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
89% of graduates (31 of 35) were working in Minnesota one year after graduating. Prices in the Minneapolis area are about 5% above the national average, so a $57,464 salary here buys what about $54,821 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
$83,400Median pay in Minnesota. 4,910 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$48,090Median pay in Minnesota. 3,160 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$141,190Median pay in Minnesota. 3,660 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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
$98,710Median pay in Minnesota. 1,250 people work in this job in Minnesota. 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 Saint Paul College
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 1st of 7 associate's programs at Saint Paul College by first-year earnings. The top three are Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($57,464), Medical Laboratory Science ($47,780), and Computer Networking ($38,654).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near Saint Paul
Common questions
The median graduate earns $57,464 one year after graduating and $56,251 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Minnesota is $58,851.
The median federal loan balance is $23,000, which ranks 5th lowest of 11 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Minnesota. That works out to about $244 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 40% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other Minnesota programs before deciding.
Most do. 89% (31 of 35) were working in Minnesota 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 Minnesota 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