Doctoral · Richardson, Texas

Is Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions at West Coast University-Texas worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

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

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $91,372; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $102,428; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $124,665; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $132k (likely $132k – $132k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $39k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in TX; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6.2 years (likely 5.0–7.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$158k (likely −$276k – −$64k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $338k (likely $103k – $574k); Today's dollars

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