Bachelor's · Greensboro, North Carolina

Is Criminal Justice and Corrections at North Carolina A & T State University worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 4.7 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $40,179; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $55,289; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $22,125; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $42k (likely $42k – $58k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $19k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NC; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 4.7 years (likely 3.9–6.0); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$40k (likely −$102k – $12k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $196k (likely $76k – $324k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 56%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in: ≤ 10% / ≤ 10%; NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20

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AP U.S. Government and Politics
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Global Politics HL

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Greensboro College$56,598
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