Southwest University at El Paso Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Private for-profit university
- El Paso, TX
- About 49 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Southwest University at El Paso diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn about what diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn nationally, $51,809 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $44,863 in federal loans, more than at more than 99% of diagnostic and treatment professions programs in the country. Several Texas programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Southwest University at El Paso graduates earn more than the national figure but about $3,981 less than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas 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 19% 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 $476 a month, or 11.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
86% of graduates (43 of 50) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the El Paso area are about 10% below the national average, so a $51,809 salary here buys what about $57,622 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
$78,630Median pay in Texas. 20,250 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$37,260Median pay in Texas. 12,770 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$134,550Median pay in Texas. 10,110 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$79,540Median pay in Texas. 12,130 people work in this job in Texas. 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 Southwest University at El Paso
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 2nd of 7 associate's programs at Southwest University at El Paso by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($74,637), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($51,809), and Accounting ($33,024).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs near El Paso
Common questions
The median graduate earns $51,809 one year after graduating and $61,551 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Texas is $55,775.
The median federal loan balance is $44,863, which ranks 30th lowest of 30 diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs in Texas. That works out to about $476 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 87% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 34%. Compare the cost with other Texas programs before deciding.
Most do. 86% (43 of 50) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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