If it's anything like the dental industry there might different classes of jobs depending on exactly what the degree is. I knew a guy who went into debt for a certification in that field and the job ended up paying around $15/hr. That's not as bad as it sounds considering it was 5 or 10 years ago, but today's equivalent isn't what I would call making bank. He also went to some scam for profit school as well and I don't know how that affected things.