Which New Jersey diagnostic and treatment professions program has the lowest debt?

Middlesex College reports the lowest median federal debt, $11,500, with first-year pay of $64,174.

How much do diagnostic and treatment professions graduates earn in New Jersey?

The median across 12 New Jersey diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs is $59,515 in the first year after graduating and $73,049 five years after.

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

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

12 New Jersey programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

12 programs report first-year pay
10 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 New Jersey diagnostic and treatment professions associate's program pays its graduates $59,515 in their first year, $4,945 more than the national median. Rowan College at Burlington County reports the highest first-year pay ($81,015), and Middlesex College the lowest median debt ($11,500).

Median first-year pay$59,515National $54,570

Median pay after 5 years$73,049National $59,487

Median federal debt$22,755National $18,592

Debt-to-earnings41%National 34%

All 12 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	Rowan College at Burlington CountyMount Laurel · public	$81,015	$80,114	Not reported	Not reported
2	Bergen Community CollegeParamus · public	$72,486	$81,397	$20,000	28%
3	County College of MorrisRandolph · public	$66,060	$68,714	$12,480	19%
4	Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft · public	$65,905	$77,284	$23,933	36%
5	Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City · public	$64,320	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
6	Middlesex CollegeEdison · public	$64,174	$76,173	$11,500	18%
7	Fortis Institute-WayneWayne · private for-profit	$54,855	Not reported	$26,806	49%
8	Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell · public	$54,623	$72,411	$15,437	28%
9	Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park · private for-profit	$53,000	$52,682	$26,045	49%
10	Eastwick College-RamseyRamsey · private for-profit	$50,432	$55,604	$22,756	45%
11	Eastwick College-NutleyNutley · private for-profit	$41,444	Not reported	$23,930	58%
12	Eastern International College-Jersey CityJersey City · private for-profit	$37,638	$42,123	$20,900	56%

Rowan College at Burlington County and Hudson County Community College report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 10 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Rowan College at Burlington County$81,015
Bergen Community College$72,486
County College of Morris$66,060
Brookdale Community College$65,905
Hudson County Community College$64,320

Lowest median debt

Middlesex College$11,500
County College of Morris$12,480
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus$15,437
Bergen Community College$20,000
Eastern International College-Jersey City$20,900

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

$95,000

Median pay in New Jersey. 6,320 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $71,770Top 10%: $118,410

Emergency Medical Technicians

$53,610

Median pay in New Jersey. 6,120 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $45,550Top 10%: $64,740

Physician Assistants

$165,690

Median pay in New Jersey. 4,790 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $117,860Top 10%: $207,000

Respiratory Therapists

$100,810

Median pay in New Jersey. 3,350 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $78,000Top 10%: $123,370

Common questions

Rowan College at Burlington County in Mount Laurel reports the highest median first-year pay, $81,015.

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 New Jersey 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