Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque

Pima Medical Institute-Albuquerque charges substantially more for results that fall short of what New Mexico students can get elsewhere. While the $31,600 debt load isn't catastrophic at 0.59 times first-year earnings, it's triple what students typically borrow at other New Mexico schools offering this program ($9,995 median). More troubling, graduates earn $56,196 at the state median but only $53,558 here—ranking in just the 40th percentile among New Mexico allied health programs. Central New Mexico Community College graduates, for instance, earn $4,000 more annually while carrying far less debt.

The earnings trajectory offers little hope for improvement, with income rising barely 2% over four years to $54,514. This stagnation is particularly concerning given that 60% of students receive Pell grants, meaning many families are taking on significant debt for below-average outcomes in their own state. The program ranks in the 5th percentile nationally for debt burden, indicating very few similar programs saddle students with this much borrowing.

For New Mexico families, the math here doesn't work. Your child can access allied health training through community colleges and state universities that deliver better earnings with one-third the debt. Unless there's a specific programmatic advantage at Pima that justifies the premium—like a rare specialty or exceptional clinical placement—you're paying private tuition for public college outcomes.