Platt College-Riverside
Platt College-Riverside is a for-profit college in Riverside, CA, with about 416 students on campus.
The short version on Platt College-Riverside
Most undergraduates are Hispanic
71% of Platt College-Riverside’s undergraduates are Hispanic. The students ↓
Most students come from lower-income families
69% of undergraduates receive Pell grants, the federal grant for lower-income students. The students ↓
Platt College-Riverside is very small
About 416 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓
Platt College-Riverside is mostly about health professions
68% of the degrees Platt College-Riverside awards are in health professions; the next biggest field, agriculture, is 16%. Majors ↓
Lower-income families pay more here than at most colleges
Families earning under $30,000 still pay about $21,442 a year after grants. What it costs ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; earnings, debt and repayment are reported for the whole 4-campus system; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.
The students
413 degree-seeking undergraduates.
By race and ethnicity
Women and men
How hard is it to get into Platt College-Riverside?
anyone with a high school diploma can enroll
Test scores of admitted students
No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Platt College-Riverside is likely test-optional.
The sticker price, and what families really pay
Sticker price: $28,676 a year
Before any grants
After grants, the average family on aid pays $21,889.
Your family’s price
Average net price after grants, by family income
About $85,444 over 4 years · 26% off the sticker price
Do students finish, and does it pay off?
Debt vs. the paycheck
The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting (whole college system)
$198 a month against about $3,218 a month in pay.
Paying back loans
Federal student loans, whole college system
of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 27% of U.S. colleges.
Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).
Earnings by family background
Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment (whole college system)
What students study, and what it pays
Share of degrees by field
Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates
And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported); reported for the whole college system.
Living in Riverside
11% of Riverside’s 323,057 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Riverside pages.
Other colleges within 30 miles
Straight-line distances from Platt College-Riverside; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.
Ask around
Students, parents, alumni and the neighbors next door.
Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid and are reported for the whole 4-campus system. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.