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What does this major pay at different colleges?
Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.
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Criminal Justice, associate's programs in California
Among 27 California associate's programs in Criminal Justice with federal earnings data, Diablo Valley College graduates earn the highest median, $59,444 four years after graduating. De Anza College follows at $56,754. The national median for associate's graduates in the same program is $46,706. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)
- Programs with data
- 27
- Highest median
- $59,444
- National median
- $46,706
| College | Median earnings, 4 yrs after | vs national median | Debt borrowed at this college (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diablo Valley College | $59,444 | +27% | — |
| De Anza College | $56,754 | +22% | — |
| College of San Mateo | $55,857 | +20% | — |
| College of the Canyons | $54,179 | +16% | — |
| San Diego Miramar College | $51,492 | +10% | — |
| San Joaquin Delta College | $51,141 | +9% | — |
| West Valley College | $49,981 | +7% | — |
| Santa Ana College | $48,682 | +4% | — |
| Lemoore College | $47,196 | about the same | — |
| Butte College | $46,677 | about the same | — |
| Fresno City College | $46,395 | about the same | — |
| Sacramento City College | $46,078 | about the same | — |
| Victor Valley College | $45,397 | −3% | — |
| Mt San Antonio College | $45,181 | −3% | — |
| Merced College | $45,151 | −3% | — |
| Coalinga College | $45,044 | −4% | — |
| Riverside City College | $44,951 | −4% | — |
| College of the Desert | $44,704 | −4% | — |
| Pasadena City College | $44,033 | −6% | — |
| College of the Sequoias | $43,425 | −7% | — |
| Modesto Junior College | $42,669 | −9% | — |
| Antelope Valley Community College District | $41,827 | −10% | $9,000 |
| Imperial Valley College | $41,312 | −12% | — |
| Bakersfield College | $40,694 | −13% | — |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District | $40,368 | −14% | — |
The 25 highest of 27 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.
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What these numbers are
Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Criminal Justice and Corrections. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).