University of Cincinnati Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
- Public university
- Cincinnati, OH
- About 48 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of Cincinnati diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn more than graduates of most diagnostic and treatment professions programs nationally, $75,317 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $27,000. It is one of the higher-paying diagnostic and treatment professions degrees in Ohio.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Ohio and national columns are the medians across all diagnostic and treatment professions bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of Cincinnati graduates earn more than the national figure and about $19,986 more than the Ohio median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Ohio diagnostic and treatment professions program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Ohio 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 4% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned more in their first year than other graduates, but borrowed more: a median of $30,608 against $25,137.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 4.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 27 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $18,966.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
46% of graduates (72 of 157) were working in Ohio one year after graduating. Prices in the Cincinnati area are about 5% below the national average, so a $75,317 salary here buys what about $78,973 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
$78,320Median pay in Ohio. 9,570 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$40,220Median pay in Ohio. 5,560 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$132,090Median pay in Ohio. 4,900 people work in this job in Ohio. 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
$79,920Median pay in Ohio. 6,640 people work in this job in Ohio. 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 University of Cincinnati
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ranks 4th of 59 bachelor's programs at University of Cincinnati by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Engineering ($83,489), Chemical Engineering ($82,372), and Electrical Engineering ($80,045).
Other diagnostic and treatment professions bachelor's programs near Cincinnati
Common questions
The median graduate earns $75,317 one year after graduating and $78,076 five years after. The median across diagnostic and treatment professions bachelor's programs in Ohio is $55,902.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 8th lowest of 12 diagnostic and treatment professions bachelor's programs in Ohio. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 36% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 43%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less.
Many leave. 46% (72 of 157) were working in Ohio 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 Ohio 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