Criminal Justice and Corrections at Miller-Motte College-Augusta

Miller-Motte College-Augusta's Criminal Justice program tells two different stories depending on your reference point. While graduates earn about $3,000 less than the national median for this degree, they're performing right at Georgia's median—landing in the 60th percentile among in-state options. For families in Augusta, this matters more than national comparisons since most students attend locally and work regionally after graduation.

The real concern isn't geography—it's debt relative to outcomes. At nearly $30,000 borrowed, graduates carry roughly double the national median debt for this program, creating a nearly 1:1 debt-to-earnings ratio. That means the typical graduate owes almost their entire first year's salary, which will stretch monthly budgets thin in an already modestly-paid field. Combined with completely flat earnings between years one and four, there's no income growth to help manage that burden. The 73% Pell Grant rate suggests many students here are already navigating financial constraints.

For Georgia families considering criminal justice programs, this delivers local-market-appropriate earnings but at a debt cost that undercuts the degree's value. North Georgia Technical College produces similar graduates with likely lower debt loads at a public institution. Unless your child has specific reasons to attend Miller-Motte-Augusta, the debt structure here makes it a difficult choice to justify when Georgia offers 43 programs in this field, many at more affordable public colleges.