Southern University at Shreveport Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Public university
- Shreveport, LA
- About 24 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Southern University at Shreveport diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn less than graduates of most diagnostic and treatment professions programs nationally, $47,360 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $22,875 in federal loans, close to the national median of $18,592. Several Louisiana programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Louisiana and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Southern University at Shreveport graduates earn less than the national figure and about $20,193 less than the Louisiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Louisiana diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Louisiana 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 20% 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 $243 a month, or 6.2% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Shreveport area are about 15% below the national average, so a $47,360 salary here buys what about $55,871 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
$63,680Median pay in Louisiana. 3,370 people work in this job in Louisiana. 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
$35,870Median pay in Louisiana. 2,450 people work in this job in Louisiana. 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
$128,870Median pay in Louisiana. 1,360 people work in this job in Louisiana. 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
$75,240Median pay in Louisiana. 2,520 people work in this job in Louisiana. 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 Southern University at Shreveport
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 2nd of 3 associate's programs at Southern University at Shreveport by first-year earnings. The others are Nursing ($78,352) and Liberal Arts and General Studies ($17,392).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near Shreveport
Common questions
The median graduate earns $47,360 one year after graduating and $37,907 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Louisiana is $55,633.
The median federal loan balance is $22,875, which ranks 6th lowest of 8 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Louisiana. That works out to about $243 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 48% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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