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

The median across 19 Pennsylvania diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs is $54,142 in the first year after graduating and $56,639 five years after.

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

Q: Which Pennsylvania diagnostic and treatment professions program has the lowest debt?

Penn State reports the lowest median federal debt, $12,625, with first-year pay of $58,317.

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

19 Pennsylvania programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 18 of them also report federal debt.

19 programs report first-year pay
18 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 Pennsylvania diagnostic and treatment professions associate's program pays its graduates $54,142 in their first year, $428 less than the national median. Lackawanna College reports the highest first-year pay ($65,584), and Penn State the lowest median debt ($12,625).

Median first-year pay$54,142National $54,570

Median pay after 5 years$56,639National $59,487

Median federal debt$20,813National $18,592

Debt-to-earnings38%National 34%

All 19 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	Lackawanna CollegeScranton · private nonprofit	$65,584	$56,620	$24,875	38%
2	Delaware County Community CollegeMedia · public	$65,167	$73,758	$21,136	32%
3	Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown · public	$63,565	Not reported	$19,250	30%
4	Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg · public	$62,227	$60,922	$24,150	39%
5	Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia · public	$59,791	$77,211	$22,760	38%
6	Laurel Technical Institute (Uniontown, Pennsylvania)Uniontown · private for-profit	$58,364	$56,639	$21,946	38%
7	Penn StateUniversity Park · public	$58,317	$56,302	$12,625	22%
8	Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh · public	$55,599	$51,953	$20,250	36%
9	Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem · public	$54,892	Not reported	$23,417	43%
10	Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg · public	$54,142	$64,285	Not reported	Not reported
11	Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia · private nonprofit	$54,068	$85,138	$20,000	37%
12	Laurel Technical Institute (Hermitage, Pennsylvania)Hermitage · private for-profit	$51,312	Not reported	$25,076	49%
13	Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke · public	$51,058	$80,311	$17,741	35%
14	Mount Aloysius CollegeCresson · private nonprofit	$50,138	$48,530	$18,500	37%
15	University of PittsburghPittsburgh · public	$49,331	$58,823	$22,111	45%
16	Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell · public	$48,626	Not reported	$20,025	41%
17	Johnson CollegeScranton · private nonprofit	$48,216	Not reported	$20,750	43%
18	Great Lakes Institute of TechnologyErie · private for-profit	$45,373	$49,322	$21,253	47%
19	Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca · public	$36,099	Not reported	$18,437	51%

Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. 2 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 18 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lackawanna College$65,584
Delaware County Community College$65,167
Bucks County Community College$63,565
Harrisburg Area Community College$62,227
Community College of Philadelphia$59,791

Lowest median debt

Penn State$12,625
Luzerne County Community College$17,741
Community College of Beaver County$18,437
Mount Aloysius College$18,500
Bucks County Community College$19,250

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

$76,050

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 8,090 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $56,430Top 10%: $97,740

Emergency Medical Technicians

$43,310

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 10,160 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $34,480Top 10%: $54,370

Physician Assistants

$127,070

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 9,020 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $99,050Top 10%: $158,690

Respiratory Therapists

$78,490

Median pay in Pennsylvania. 6,530 people work in this job in Pennsylvania. 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%: $62,440Top 10%: $95,520

Common questions

Lackawanna College in Scranton reports the highest median first-year pay, $65,584. Its median federal debt is $24,875.

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked496 programs by pay and debt Diagnostic and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's) programs in Pennsylvania, ranked16 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 Pennsylvania 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