Bachelor's · Winona Lake, Indiana
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Grace College and Theological Seminary 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 13.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,385
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,114
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $78k (likely $78k – $78k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $8k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 13.6 years (likely 6.7–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$182k (likely −$249k – −$101k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$114k (likely −$248k – $57k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 60%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Indiana
- Calumet College of Saint Joseph$106,465
- Oakland City University$62,595
- University of Indianapolis$62,307
- Indiana University-Indianapolis$59,541
- Indiana University-Northwest$58,155
- Indiana University-Bloomington$57,754
- Purdue University Global$56,660
- Vincennes University$53,461
- Ball State University$52,997
- Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion$52,629