Master's · Pomona, California

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Western University of Health Sciences worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 2.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $147,015; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $165,613; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $122,141; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $129k (likely $129k – $129k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $96k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.7 years (likely 2.3–3.2); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $605k (likely $467k – $746k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.75M (likely $1.42M – $2.10M); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.