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Platt College-Ontario

Ontario, CA · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$287,634 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−109%Modeled 10-year ROI
$42,521Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$287,634at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$262,8440
2
4
6
8
−$287,63410
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$14,922
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$14,922
Sticker price
Average net price$20,711
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$27,895
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges
Main award level
Associate degrees
Campus setting
City
Admissions
Open admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$20,711Average net price / year
$27,895Cost of attendance
$18,685Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$198/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$42,521Median earnings · year 5 after completion
58.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
500Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$19,040
$30–48k$20,462
$48–75k$22,337
$75–110k$24,899
$110k+$27,426
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$42,521
Year 6$38,619
Year 10$40,669
Full-time retention
Not available
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
Not available

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

44thEarnings percentile
50thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$40,727Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$12,999Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,173Year 1
$44,565Year 4
$42,521Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Computer and Information Sciences, General · Associate's Degree$49,0352Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Bachelor's Degree$48,6553Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$47,6384Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$42,1145Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$41,1936Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$40,7277Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$39,6008Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$35,992

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree · $41,193 reported-1%vs same-degree national median$12,999federal debt2Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree · $34,533 reported-7%vs same-degree national median$11,424federal debt3Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree · $49,035 reported-10%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt4Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree · $35,992 reported-15%vs same-degree national median$7,229federal debt5Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree · $39,600 reported-15%vs same-degree national median$16,774federal debt6Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $40,727 reported-26%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$49,035Not availableNot reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree$48,655$24,149Not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$47,638$16,114Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$42,114$16,132Not reported
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$41,193$12,999Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$40,727Not availableNot reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$39,600$16,774Not reported
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$35,992$7,229Not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$34,982$10,436Not reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$34,533$11,424Not reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.