Institute of Technology (California) Criminal Justice (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Criminal Justice and Corrections
- Private for-profit school
- Clovis, CA
- About 19 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Institute of Technology (California) criminal justice graduates earn less than graduates of most criminal justice programs nationally, $25,131 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $13,852 in federal loans, close to the national median of $12,524. Several California programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all criminal justice associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Institute of Technology (California) graduates earn less than the national figure and about $14,767 less than the California median.
Debt and first-year pay at every California criminal justice program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 27% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $147 a month, or 7.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
95% of graduates (57 of 60) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Fresno area are about 2% above the national average, so a $25,131 salary here buys what about $24,600 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to criminal justice, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Security Guards
$43,240Median pay in California. 199,480 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 1% from 2025 to 2035, with about 156,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
$118,880Median pay in California. 65,940 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 51,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Compliance Officers
$96,980Median pay in California. 49,880 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
$65,200Median pay in California. 60,310 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 33,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About Institute of Technology (California)
Criminal Justice ranks 3rd of 3 associate's programs at Institute of Technology (California) by first-year earnings. The others are Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($59,548) and Electromechanical Technology ($39,546).
Other criminal justice associate's programs near Clovis
Common questions
The median graduate earns $25,131 one year after graduating and $31,881 five years after. The median across criminal justice associate's programs in California is $30,325.
The median federal loan balance is $13,852, which ranks 7th lowest of 9 criminal justice associate's programs in California. That works out to about $147 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 55% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 37%. Compare the cost with other California programs before deciding.
Most do. 95% (57 of 60) were working in California one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the criminal justice program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024