Bachelor's · Point Lookout, Missouri
Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at College of the Ozarks worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $37,660
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $56k (likely $56k – $71k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $665 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$226k (likely −$310k – −$125k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$218k (likely −$367k – −$7k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 63%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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AP classes
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- AP U.S. History
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Other majors at College of the Ozarks
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Criminal Justice and Corrections at other schools in Missouri
- Saint Louis University$61,099
- Park University$59,401
- Lindenwood University$58,400
- Truman State University$56,596
- Columbia College$56,128
- University of Central Missouri$52,875
- Missouri Western State University$52,709
- Missouri Baptist University$52,689
- Missouri Southern State University$49,114
- Harris-Stowe State University$49,010