Platt College-Anaheim
For-profit Community College in Anaheim, CA. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $40,669.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $40,669, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. The six-year graduation rate is 64%, meaning about one in three students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,685, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual. The undergraduate body is just 405, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 405 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $20,948 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($21,625 versus $28,170), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 63% get grants averaging $6,200, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 78% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 74 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $21,625 |
| $30–48k | $22,008 |
| $48–75k | $23,914 |
| $75–110k | $26,892 |
| $110k+ | $28,170 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 314 of these 405 students, totalling $3,006,200 — an average of $9,574 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)