Bachelor's · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Point Park 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 11.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $43,662
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,375
- 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
- $110k (likely $110k – $127k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.3 years (likely 7.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$182k (likely −$266k – −$85k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$11k (likely −$182k – $198k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 54%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Point Park University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$91,649
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$90,722
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$89,825
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$88,525
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations (Master's)$86,554
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Undergraduate certificate)$83,862
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$74,639
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$67,919
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$55,545
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$54,901
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$53,332
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's)$49,951
Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Pennsylvania
- DeSales University$64,020
- University of Scranton$63,483
- Delaware Valley University$62,317
- Neumann University$60,851
- Widener University$60,555
- York College of Pennsylvania$60,275
- Alvernia University$58,810
- Chestnut Hill College$57,831
- King's College$57,563
- East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania$57,494