Platt College-Los Angeles
Alhambra, CA · For-profit · Large suburb · PCLA
For-profit institution in Alhambra, CA · 598 undergraduates · $40,669 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 14%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $28,0141,638th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $14,804940th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $14,804543rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $33,2161,044th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,685508th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $40,6691,578th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,6191,313th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 62.3%682nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- —
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5981,620th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 21.0:11,930th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 54.9%287th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 18 mi (LAX)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 8 of 8 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | $32,391 | $33,077 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $30,119 | $33,993 |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | — | $28,366 |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
| Legal Support ServicesLegal Professions | bachelors | — | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationCommunications | bachelors | — | — |
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Platt College-Los Angeles’s 598 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In CA
- Teachers College of San JoaquinStockton, CA · 585 undergrads
- Golden Gate UniversitySan Francisco, CA · 550 undergrads
- Hope International UniversityFullerton, CA · 549 undergrads
- Thomas Aquinas CollegeSanta Paula, CA · 539 undergrads
- Southern California Institute of TechnologyAnaheim, CA · 533 undergrads
- Angeles CollegeLos Angeles, CA · 484 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Spalding UniversityLouisville, KY · 597 undergrads
- Paul Quinn CollegeDallas, TX · 600 undergrads
- Bluffton UniversityBluffton, OH · 595 undergrads
- Cabarrus College of Health SciencesConcord, NC · 602 undergrads
- Universidad Central de BayamonBayamón, PR · 594 undergrads
- Wilberforce UniversityWilberforce, OH · 602 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteplattcollege.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 260789)
- Compare colleges in CARe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in CaliforniaEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Compare with Teachers College of San JoaquinSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Platt College-Los Angeles vs Teachers College of San JoaquinHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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