Bachelor's · Demorest, Georgia
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Piedmont University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,321
- 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
- $94k (likely $94k – $119k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.9 years (likely 6.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$175k (likely −$282k – −$52k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$53k (likely −$268k – $209k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$75,565
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (First professional)$74,018
- Curriculum and Instruction (First professional)$73,718
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$69,459
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$65,919
- Natural Sciences (Master's)$65,598
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$65,564
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$63,728
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$62,811
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$45,643
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- Mercer University$71,602
- Herzing University-Atlanta$69,601
- Reinhardt University$67,847
- Thomas University$61,295
- DeVry University-Georgia$58,145
- University of North Georgia$57,813
- Shorter University$56,677
- Kennesaw State University$55,033
- Strayer University-Georgia$53,916
- Georgia State University$52,857