Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions at University of Alaska Anchorage

UAA's Allied Health Diagnostic program shows strong first-year earnings of $70,614—well above the national median of $54,327—but the sharp 30% drop to $49,047 by year four demands serious attention. This unusual pattern, combined with the program's small graduating class (under 30 students), suggests these numbers may not tell the full story. In Alaska's limited market with just two schools offering this program, you're looking at 60th percentile performance statewide, which means solidly middle-of-the-pack locally despite those impressive national comparisons.

The $21,062 debt load is reasonable, keeping the debt-to-first-year-earnings ratio at a manageable 0.30. But that metric becomes less reassuring when earnings fall by nearly $22,000 within four years. This could reflect graduates starting in well-paid clinical roles and later transitioning to different positions, or it might indicate challenges with job stability in Alaska's smaller healthcare market. The small sample size makes it difficult to know whether this pattern is typical or reflects a few unusual career paths.

Before committing, you'll want to understand what's driving that earnings drop—talk directly with recent graduates and program advisors. Alaska's unique healthcare landscape and cost of living may mean those numbers translate differently than they would elsewhere, but $49,000 four years out is concerning when you started at $70,000.