Private for-profit · Community college

Platt College-Anaheim

Anaheim, California · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $22,678
Avg net price: 64%
Grad / completion: $40,669
Median earnings

Platt College-Anaheim is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Anaheim, California (large city setting), enrolling 498 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 498 undergradsLarge cityNear the coast

About Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. Tongva people are indigenous to Anaheim's region of Southern California. Evidence suggests their presence since 3500 BCE. The Tongva village at Anaheim was called Hutuukuga. The village has been noted as one of the largest Tongva villages throughout Tovaangar. Anaheim's income is based on a tourism economy. In addition to The Walt Disney Company being the city's largest employer, the Disneyland Resort itself contributes about $4.7 billion annually to Southern California's economy. It also produces $255 million in taxes every year. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Bachelor's
Nearest big city: 27 miles to Los Angeles, CA
To the ocean: 13 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to John Wayne Orange County (SNA) · major hub

How Platt College-Anaheim compares

Graduation rate64%

Higher than 54% · #196 of 382 in California

Earnings, 10 years after entry$40,669

Higher than 71% · #124 of 326 in California

Average net price$22,678

Cheaper than 24% · #226 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$18,685

Lower than 8%

Student–faculty ratio21 : 1

Lower than 23%

Undergraduate enrollment498

Larger than 62%

Percentiles compare Platt College-Anaheim with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women38678%
Men11222%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White13%
Black2.6%
Hispanic67%
Asian11%
Other or multiracial6.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 498
Student–faculty ratio: 21 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 54%
First-generation students: 55%
Students over 25: 35%
Median family income: $21,293
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $55,224

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,922
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,132
Total cost of attendance: $28,170
Average net price: $22,678

Outcomes

Graduated: 64%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $38,619
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $40,669
Median debt at graduation: $18,685
Students with federal loans: 78%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 27%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

64%

Low-income (Pell)

70%

First-generation

70%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

Campus safety

Safety grade: A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 0
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$21,625

$30–48k

$22,008

$48–75k

$23,914

$75–110k

$26,892

$110k+

$28,170

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

17%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,355

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 17% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,355. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 63 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $40,669
Typical debt at graduation: $18,685
Debt vs. one year's pay: 46%
Out-earn a HS grad: 42%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$37,742

Men

$46,974

Men out-earn women by $9,232 (24%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 48°F
Annual rain: 13.5″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Anaheim, CA US station (4.3 mi from campus).

What Platt College-Anaheim graduates study — and earn

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssoc.

82 grads$26k 1 yr$62k 5 yr$16k debt

82$25,713$62,076$16,114 Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssoc.

48 grads— 1 yr$35k 5 yr$7k debt

48—$34,965$7,229 Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansAssoc.

37 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr$13k debt

37—$35,845$12,999 Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssoc.

19 grads— 1 yr$36k 5 yr$11k debt

19—$36,266$11,424 Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssoc.

16 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

16———Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCert.

16 grads— 1 yr$51k 5 yr— debt

16—$50,938—Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

13 grads$27k 1 yr$48k 5 yr$24k debt

13$26,939$47,969$24,149 Health and Medical Administrative Services

9 grads— 1 yr$52k 5 yr$16k debt

9—$51,819$16,132 Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssoc.

9 grads— 1 yr$31k 5 yr$10k debt

9—$31,286$10,436 Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssoc.

6 grads— 1 yr$39k 5 yr$17k debt

6—$39,423$16,774 Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssoc.

4 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

4———Criminal Justice and Corrections

— grads— 1 yr$48k 5 yr— debt

——$48,221—

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.