California State University-Los Angeles

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Of 65 assessed programs, 60 leave graduates out-earning a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 5 fall short. Another 90 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$2,877
$30k to $48k	$2,974
$48k to $75k	$5,002
$75k to $110k	$7,355
$110k and up	$13,578
All families (average)	$3,967

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

65 of 155 programs could be assessed 42% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical California high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$62,716	+$25,740	clears the bar	$13,000	0.5 yrs	726
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$50,444	+$13,468	clears the bar	$11,000	0.8 yrs	391
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$50,249	+$13,273	clears the bar	$12,177	0.9 yrs	350
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$54,695	+$17,719	clears the bar	$11,000	0.6 yrs	348
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$37,567 1-year earnings	+$591	clears the bar	$20,600	34.9 yrs	343
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$44,930	+$7,954	clears the bar	$14,108	1.8 yrs	242
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$59,545	+$22,569	clears the bar	$11,000	0.5 yrs	227
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$40,783	+$3,807	clears the bar	$18,500	4.9 yrs	183
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$56,466	+$19,490	clears the bar	$12,457	0.6 yrs	174
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$116,182	+$79,206	clears the bar	$12,500	0.2 yrs	158
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$87,525	+$50,549	clears the bar	$14,429	0.3 yrs	149
Social Work	Master's Degree	$78,135	+$41,159	clears the bar	$29,958	0.7 yrs	140
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$59,904	+$22,928	clears the bar	$14,971	0.7 yrs	138
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,028	+$56,052	clears the bar	$12,500	0.2 yrs	130
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$126,611	+$89,635	clears the bar	$34,322	0.4 yrs	129
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,857	+$16,881	clears the bar	$11,900	0.7 yrs	126
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,908	+$16,932	clears the bar	$12,460	0.7 yrs	123
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$56,063	+$19,087	clears the bar	$9,895	0.5 yrs	112
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$39,867	+$2,891	clears the bar	$16,000	5.5 yrs	108
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$69,022	+$32,046	clears the bar	$13,200	0.4 yrs	96
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$88,659	+$51,683	clears the bar	$40,301	0.8 yrs	86
English	Bachelor's Degree	$52,259	+$15,283	clears the bar	$14,500	0.9 yrs	78
Education	Master's Degree	$84,668	+$47,692	clears the bar	$29,525	0.6 yrs	74
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$94,760	+$57,784	clears the bar	$16,500	0.3 yrs	73
Natural Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$39,870 1-year earnings	+$2,894	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	68
Special Education	Master's Degree	$104,208	+$67,232	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	63
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$52,797	+$15,821	clears the bar	$13,979	0.9 yrs	61
Nursing	Master's Degree	$137,184	+$100,208	clears the bar	$20,500	0.2 yrs	57
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$96,014	+$59,038	clears the bar	$14,500	0.2 yrs	52
History	Bachelor's Degree	$55,413	+$18,437	clears the bar	$14,777	0.8 yrs	50
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$57,695	+$20,719	clears the bar	$12,500	0.6 yrs	46
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$67,441	+$30,465	clears the bar	$16,156	0.5 yrs	43
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	$90,351	+$53,375	clears the bar	$32,050	0.6 yrs	42
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$70,677	+$33,701	clears the bar	$13,221	0.4 yrs	40
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$55,970	+$18,994	clears the bar	$22,000	1.2 yrs	36
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$29,364 1-year earnings	-$7,612	falls short	$14,199	insufficient data	36
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$86,970	+$49,994	clears the bar	$15,967	0.3 yrs	35
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$35,097	-$1,879	falls short	$10,571	insufficient data	35
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$72,670	+$35,694	clears the bar	$29,334	0.8 yrs	33
Fire Protection	Bachelor's Degree	$48,289 1-year earnings	+$11,313	clears the bar	$12,500	1.1 yrs	32
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$39,120	+$2,144	clears the bar	$12,290	5.7 yrs	28
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$35,591	-$1,385	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$51,747	+$14,771	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
English	Master's Degree	$62,904	+$25,928	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	$60,235	+$23,259	clears the bar	$30,250	1.3 yrs	19
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$101,094	+$64,118	clears the bar	$40,968	0.6 yrs	19
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$65,366	+$28,390	clears the bar	$15,000	0.5 yrs	17
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$53,127	+$16,151	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
History	Master's Degree	$52,144 1-year earnings	+$15,168	clears the bar	$30,734	2.0 yrs	17
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$118,058	+$81,082	clears the bar	$24,750	0.3 yrs	16
Security Science and Technology	Master's Degree	$92,683	+$55,707	clears the bar	$17,079	0.3 yrs	16
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$54,998	+$18,022	clears the bar	$11,000	0.6 yrs	16
Sociology	Master's Degree	$50,577 1-year earnings	+$13,601	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$102,715 1-year earnings	+$65,739	clears the bar	$80,626	1.2 yrs	14
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$120,651	+$83,675	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biology	Master's Degree	$52,845 1-year earnings	+$15,869	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Anthropology	Master's Degree	$53,441 1-year earnings	+$16,465	clears the bar	$54,074	3.3 yrs	13
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	$82,455	+$45,479	clears the bar	$20,750	0.5 yrs	12
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,806 1-year earnings	+$15,830	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$33,727 1-year earnings	-$3,249	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Visual and Performing Arts, General	Master's Degree	$22,247 1-year earnings	-$14,729	falls short	$59,716	insufficient data	2
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$51,414	+$14,438	clears the bar	$12,500	0.9 yrs	0
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$63,878	+$26,902	clears the bar	$30,750	1.1 yrs	insufficient data
Counseling Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$46,060	+$9,084	clears the bar	$12,500	1.4 yrs	insufficient data
Air Transportation	Bachelor's Degree	$70,508	+$33,532	clears the bar	$14,914	0.4 yrs	insufficient data
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	233
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	53
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
School Counseling	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Engineering-Related Fields	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Nutrition Sciences	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Counseling Psychology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Biotechnology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Materials Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Accounting	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Engineering, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Computer and Information Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Interdisciplinary Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Theatre	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Special Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Gerontology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Social Work	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Social Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Business Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Management Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Real Estate	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Computer and Information Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Education	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
School Counseling	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by subject)	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Counseling Psychology	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Counseling Psychology	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.