Bachelor's · Riverside, California
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Platt College-Riverside worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $39,338
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $43,746
- 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
- $91k (likely $91k – $125k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k 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
- −$257k (likely −$344k – −$169k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$194k (likely −$330k – −$19k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 50%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Platt College-Riverside
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Associate's)$50,948
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$49,035
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Bachelor's)$48,655
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$47,638
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$46,664
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$42,114
- Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$41,193
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$39,600
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$36,156
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$35,992
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$34,982
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$34,533
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in California
- National University$81,299
- Sonoma State University$66,892
- California Baptist University$65,603
- California State University-East Bay$64,835
- San Francisco State University$63,764
- California Lutheran University$63,433
- California State University-Sacramento$62,583
- Humphreys University$60,478
- Point Loma Nazarene University$59,183
- California State University-Long Beach$58,513