Associate's · El Paso, Texas

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Southwest University at El Paso 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 2.4 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $52,906; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $63,477; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $34,214; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $36k (likely $36k – $36k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $27k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 2.4 years (likely 2.0–2.9); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $150k (likely $103k – $205k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $486k (likely $358k – $631k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 64%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26