Undergraduate certificate · Lemoore, California
Is Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services at Lemoore College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $25,870
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $33,261
- 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
- $13k (likely $13k – $18k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$7k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$135k (likely −$172k – −$96k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$181k (likely −$260k – −$89k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 49%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Lemoore College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$110,533
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$74,390
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$71,896
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$69,361
- Mathematics (Associate's)$54,006
- Public Health (Associate's)$49,765
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$47,196
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$43,706
- Psychology, General (Associate's)$37,572
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$35,399
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Undergraduate certificate)$34,843
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other (Associate's)$34,303
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services at other schools in California
- Merritt College$47,306
- Moreno Valley College$37,085
- Santa Ana College$36,584
- Los Angeles Pierce College$36,073
- CET-San Jose$35,597
- Norco College$34,791
- Yuba College$33,225
- Cabrillo College$31,708
- Riverside City College$31,235
- Diablo Valley College$31,122