Bachelor's · Northridge, California

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at California State University-Northridge 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 0.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$110,705
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$113,585
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
Not enough borrowers to report
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$27k (likely $27k – $37k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$74k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
0.5 years (likely 0.4–0.7)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$525k (likely $341k – $721k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.28M (likely $908k – $1.66M)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
57%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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