Associate's · Wichita, Kansas

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

Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 1.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $61,584; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $63,310; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $16,750; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $37k (likely $37k – $40k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $26k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KS; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.9 years (likely 1.4–3.1); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $136k (likely $42k – $235k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $395k (likely $208k – $594k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 53%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26