Master's · Los Angeles, California

Is Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 3.9 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $140,354; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $155,514; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $166,103; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $176k (likely $176k – $176k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $86k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 3.9 years (likely 3.0–5.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: $416k (likely $228k – $647k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $1.42M (likely $1.02M – $1.93M); Today's dollars

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