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Best Value Colleges for Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

50

Schools Ranked

$48,441

Avg. Earnings

<1 yr

Best Payback

8,714

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$121,294	<1 yr
2	CUNY City College New York, NY · Public	$7,521	$115,339	<1 yr
3	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	$10,780	$83,669	<1 yr
4	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$54,209	1.1 yrs
5	D'Youville University Buffalo, NY · Private	$20,520	$92,277	1.4 yrs
6	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private	$27,080	$102,306	1.6 yrs
7	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY · Public	$19,344	$82,756	1.6 yrs
8	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public	$16,695	$73,949	1.7 yrs
9	Holy Family University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$13,925	$67,101	1.7 yrs
10	Barry University Miami, FL · Private	$22,551	$84,653	1.8 yrs
11	Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN · Public	$7,885	$52,822	1.8 yrs
12	Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX · Public	$10,417	$57,755	1.8 yrs
13	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA · Public	$17,235	$70,456	1.9 yrs
14	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN · Private	$15,942	$69,338	1.9 yrs
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public	$11,619	$58,943	1.9 yrs
16	National University San Diego, CA · Private	$23,427	$81,333	2 yrs
17	Long Island University Brookville, NY · Private	$24,775	$81,158	2.1 yrs
18	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ · Public	$18,648	$70,596	2.1 yrs
19	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV · Public	$11,929	$56,716	2.2 yrs
20	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Fort Smith, AR · Public	$10,326	$53,810	2.2 yrs
21	Wayne State University Detroit, MI · Public	$13,612	$59,124	2.3 yrs
22	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · Public	$20,927	$70,596	2.4 yrs
23	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$13,230	$57,318	2.4 yrs
24	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI · Public	$13,198	$57,318	2.4 yrs
25	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA · Private	$23,635	$72,320	2.5 yrs
26	Seattle University Seattle, WA · Private	$32,076	$86,867	2.5 yrs
27	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Public	$13,306	$56,362	2.5 yrs
28	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO · Public	$13,715	$57,017	2.5 yrs
29	St. Francis College Brooklyn, NY · Private	$14,129	$57,318	2.5 yrs
30	Boise State University Boise, ID · Public	$16,204	$60,240	2.6 yrs
31	Morehead State University Morehead, KY · Public	$13,087	$55,512	2.6 yrs
32	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI · Public	$12,008	$53,358	2.6 yrs
33	University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM · Public	$16,644	$59,485	2.7 yrs
34	Rhode Island College Providence, RI · Public	$12,509	$53,775	2.7 yrs
35	Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN · Public	$11,393	$52,107	2.7 yrs
36	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$55,015	2.7 yrs
37	University of St Francis Joliet, IL · Private	$16,055	$59,124	2.7 yrs
38	Baker College Owosso, MI · Private	$12,281	$52,941	2.7 yrs
39	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL · Public	$14,499	$56,087	2.8 yrs
40	Texas State University San Marcos, TX · Public	$12,996	$52,663	2.9 yrs
41	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$15,705	$56,979	2.9 yrs
42	Howard University Washington, DC · Private	$43,093	$91,744	3 yrs
43	Emory University Atlanta, GA · Private	$16,646	$57,318	3 yrs
44	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA · Public	$18,553	$59,534	3 yrs
45	Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis, TN · Private	$12,105	$50,677	3.1 yrs
46	Siena Heights University Adrian, MI · Private	$21,296	$62,012	3.2 yrs
47	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania Bloomsburg, PA · Public	$18,004	$57,318	3.2 yrs
48	AdventHealth University Orlando, FL · Private	$27,887	$68,539	3.3 yrs
49	Augusta University Augusta, GA · Public	$13,276	$51,065	3.3 yrs
50	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK · Public	$21,725	$61,218	3.3 yrs

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.