Associate's · Louisville, Kentucky

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at MedQuest College 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 1.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $70,889; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $26,416; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $45k (likely $45k – $45k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in KY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 1.6 years (likely 1.2–2.4); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $253k (likely $137k – $375k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $656k (likely $423k – $924k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 63%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26