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

The median across 6 Washington diagnostic and treatment professions associate's programs is $63,726 in the first year after graduating and $67,066 five years after.

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

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

Yakima Valley College reports the lowest median federal debt, $17,697, with first-year pay of $50,976.

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

6 Washington programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

6 programs report first-year pay
5 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 Washington diagnostic and treatment professions associate's program pays its graduates $63,726 in their first year, $9,156 more than the national median. Bellevue College reports the highest first-year pay ($79,877), and Yakima Valley College the lowest median debt ($17,697).

Median first-year pay$63,726National $54,570

Median pay after 5 years$67,066National $59,487

Median federal debt$19,999National $18,592

Debt-to-earnings32%National 34%

All 6 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	Bellevue CollegeBellevue · public	$79,877	$68,770	$19,999	25%
2	Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma · public	$73,435	$74,687	$20,655	28%
3	Columbia Basin CollegePasco · public	$64,223	$58,920	Not reported	Not reported
4	Spokane Community CollegeSpokane · public	$63,228	$71,391	$20,183	32%
5	Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood · public	$60,214	$65,084	$19,755	33%
6	Yakima Valley CollegeYakima · public	$50,976	$39,500	$17,697	35%

Columbia Basin College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 5 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

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

$102,090

Median pay in Washington. 4,130 people work in this job in Washington. 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%: $66,570Top 10%: $132,060

Emergency Medical Technicians

$52,690

Median pay in Washington. 2,940 people work in this job in Washington. 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%: $37,290Top 10%: $60,960

Physician Assistants

$164,360

Median pay in Washington. 3,540 people work in this job in Washington. 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%: $125,580Top 10%: $218,150

Respiratory Therapists

$101,130

Median pay in Washington. 1,860 people work in this job in Washington. 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%: $76,080Top 10%: $127,520

Common questions

Bellevue College in Bellevue reports the highest median first-year pay, $79,877. Its median federal debt is $19,999.

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 Washington 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