Associate's · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ 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 15.5 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $33,855; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $39,762; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $25,999; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $50k (likely $50k – $50k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 15.5 years (likely 10.7–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$107k (likely −$133k – −$79k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$43k (likely −$113k – $36k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 83%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26