Which Kansas diagnostic and treatment professions program has the lowest debt?

Labette Community College reports the lowest median federal debt, $11,000, with first-year pay of $53,696.

How much do diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn in Kansas?

The median across 8 Kansas diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs is $54,287 in the first year after graduating and $60,832 five years after.

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's) Programs in Kansas, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs are in Kansas?

8 Kansas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

8 programs report first-year pay
7 also report federal debt
Associate's in Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Kansas diagnostic and treatment professions associate's program pays its graduates $54,287 in their first year, $283 less than the national median. Kansas City Kansas Community College reports the highest first-year pay ($61,810), and Labette Community College the lowest median debt ($11,000).

Median first-year pay$54,287National $54,570

Median pay after 5 years$60,832National $59,487

Median federal debt$19,626National $18,592

Debt-to-earnings40%National 34%

All 8 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City · public	$61,810	$61,213	$19,125	31%
2	Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park · public	$57,656	$70,192	$12,139	21%
3	Washburn UniversityTopeka · public	$55,221	$65,456	$22,500	41%
4	Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson · public	$54,878	$59,022	$21,917	40%
5	Labette Community CollegeParsons · public	$53,696	Not reported	$11,000	20%
6	Seward County Community CollegeLiberal · public	$53,375	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
7	Newman UniversityWichita · private nonprofit	$47,398	$59,560	$25,250	53%
8	Fort Hays StateHays · public	$39,212	$60,450	$19,626	50%

Seward County Community College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Kansas diagnostic and treatment professions program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Kansas medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 7 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Kansas City Kansas Community College$61,810
Johnson County Community College$57,656
Washburn University$55,221
Hutchinson Community College$54,878
Labette Community College$53,696

Lowest median debt

Labette Community College$11,000
Johnson County Community College$12,139
Kansas City Kansas Community College$19,125
Fort Hays State$19,626
Hutchinson Community College$21,917

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$76,070

Median pay in Kansas. 2,270 people work in this job in Kansas. 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.

Bottom 10%: $50,940Top 10%: $98,320

Emergency Medical Technicians

$35,780

Median pay in Kansas. 1,510 people work in this job in Kansas. 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.

Bottom 10%: $28,560Top 10%: $53,710

Physician Assistants

$125,640

Median pay in Kansas. 890 people work in this job in Kansas. 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.

Bottom 10%: $98,280Top 10%: $168,480

Respiratory Therapists

$76,970

Median pay in Kansas. 1,450 people work in this job in Kansas. 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.

Bottom 10%: $60,470Top 10%: $94,600

Common questions

Kansas City Kansas Community College in Kansas City reports the highest median first-year pay, $61,810. Its median federal debt is $19,125.

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked496 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
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 Kansas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024