Associate's · Loma Linda, California

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Loma Linda University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $88,665; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $106,908; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $14,292; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $53k (likely $53k – $73k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $66k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.5 years (likely 1.1–1.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $502k (likely $380k – $655k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.29M (likely $1.01M – $1.64M); Today's dollars