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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, undergraduate certificate programs in Florida
Among 13 Florida certificate programs in Criminal Justice with federal earnings data, Palm Beach State College graduates earn the highest median, $78,216 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $4,892. Indian River State College follows at $69,613. The national median for certificate graduates in the same program is $57,702. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)
- Programs with data
- 13
- Highest median
- $78,216
- National median
- $57,702
| College | Median earnings, 4 yrs after | vs national median | Debt borrowed at this college (median) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach State College | $78,216 | +36% | $4,892 |
| Indian River State College | $69,613 | +21% | — |
| Hillsborough Community College | $66,994 | +16% | $8,127 |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | $66,209 | +15% | — |
| Miami Dade College | $60,899 | +6% | $5,942 |
| Polk State College | $58,912 | about the same | — |
| Eastern Florida State College | $56,068 | −3% | — |
| Daytona State College | $55,105 | −5% | $4,446 |
| Tallahassee Community College | $54,912 | −5% | $7,813 |
| Northwest Florida State College | $52,766 | −9% | — |
| Gulf Coast State College | $51,476 | −11% | — |
| Florida Gateway College | $50,714 | −12% | — |
| Chipola College | $45,658 | −21% | — |
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).