Platt College-Riverside
For-profit Community College in Riverside, CA. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $40,669.
Students who entered Platt College-Riverside reach a median of $40,669 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. 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
58% 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. This is a for-profit four-year institution. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 415 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 415 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,532 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,442 at $0–30k against $25,510 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 78% get grants averaging $6,313, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 87% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 81 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 | $21,442 |
| $30–48k | $22,165 |
| $48–75k | $21,361 |
| $75–110k | $19,332 |
| $110k+ | $25,510 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 359 of these 415 students, totalling $3,102,594 — an average of $8,642 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside 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)