National University
San Diego, California · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
28of 28 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year).
28 of 72 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 44: 34 with no earnings published and 10 with nothing reported. 4 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 56 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$22,878 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$22,878 a year
About $91,512 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $21,554 |
| $30k to $48k | $26,583 |
| $48k to $75k | $25,176 |
| All families (average) | $22,878 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical California high-school graduate ($36,976 a year).
58 of 128 programs could be assessed 45% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $78,497 | +$41,521 | above HS line | $28,854 | 0.7 yrs | 1,093 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $77,748 | +$40,772 | above HS line | $41,000 | 1.0 yrs | 653 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $96,924 | +$59,948 | above HS line | $39,365 | 0.7 yrs | 294 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $85,908 | +$48,932 | above HS line | $53,471 | 1.1 yrs | 288 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $114,413 | +$77,437 | clears the bar | $33,928 | 0.4 yrs | 243 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $78,979 | +$42,003 | above HS line | $46,814 | 1.1 yrs | 229 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $78,266 | +$41,290 | clears the bar | $28,125 | 0.7 yrs | 214 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $66,849 | +$29,873 | clears the bar | $28,062 | 0.9 yrs | 172 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Associate's Degree | $60,134 | +$23,158 | clears the bar | $10,500 | 0.5 yrs | 142 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $110,083 | +$73,107 | above HS line | $23,388 | 0.3 yrs | 108 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $81,299 | +$44,323 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.6 yrs | 103 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $73,936 | +$36,960 | above HS line | $49,563 | 1.3 yrs | 83 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $53,761 | +$16,785 | clears the bar | $31,250 | 1.9 yrs | 81 |
| Security Science and Technology | Master's Degree | $66,173 | +$29,197 | above HS line | $34,433 | 1.2 yrs | 77 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | $88,988 | +$52,012 | above HS line | $33,712 | 0.6 yrs | 77 |
| English | Master's Degree | $66,189 | +$29,213 | above HS line | $32,416 | 1.1 yrs | 71 |
| Psychology | Master's Degree | $71,001 | +$34,025 | above HS line | $36,048 | 1.1 yrs | 71 |
| Human Resources | Master's Degree | $81,583 | +$44,607 | above HS line | $36,708 | 0.8 yrs | 71 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | $118,388 | +$81,412 | above HS line | $40,950 | 0.5 yrs | 64 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $47,529 | +$10,553 | above HS line | $41,000 | 3.9 yrs | 63 |
| Homeland Security | Bachelor's Degree | $80,134 | +$43,158 | clears the bar | $23,437 | 0.5 yrs | 54 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $70,340 | +$33,364 | clears the bar | $34,156 | 1.0 yrs | 53 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $79,696 | +$42,720 | clears the bar | $31,249 | 0.7 yrs | 50 |
| Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $157,2711-year earnings | +$120,295 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 49 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $93,465 | +$56,489 | above HS line | $41,000 | 0.7 yrs | 44 |
| Homeland Security | Master's Degree | $75,701 | +$38,725 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 43 |
| Healthcare Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $59,956 | +$22,980 | clears the bar | $35,147 | 1.5 yrs | 43 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $65,405 | +$28,429 | above HS line | $35,759 | 1.3 yrs | 42 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $64,860 | +$27,884 | clears the bar | $27,687 | 1.0 yrs | 41 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $67,015 | +$30,039 | above HS line | $28,854 | 1.0 yrs | 37 |
| Medical Laboratory Science | Bachelor's Degree | $79,900 | +$42,924 | clears the bar | $27,906 | 0.7 yrs | 35 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $95,555 | +$58,579 | clears the bar | $31,812 | 0.5 yrs | 33 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $57,4291-year earnings | +$20,453 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $25,000 | 1.2 yrs | 31 |
| Management Information Systems | Bachelor's Degree | $94,118 | +$57,142 | clears the bar | $28,687 | 0.5 yrs | 31 |
| IT Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $94,203 | +$57,227 | clears the bar | $32,813 | 0.6 yrs | 29 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $59,192 | +$22,216 | clears the bar | $23,342 | 1.1 yrs | 26 |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Master's Degree | $108,725 | +$71,749 | above HS line | $31,734 | 0.4 yrs | 25 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | $58,727 | +$21,751 | clears the bar | $31,250 | 1.4 yrs | 25 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics | Master's Degree | $88,945 | +$51,969 | above HS line | $36,894 | 0.7 yrs | 24 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | $63,474 | +$26,498 | above HS line | $28,604 | 1.1 yrs | 23 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $59,645 | +$22,669 | clears the bar | $29,687 | 1.3 yrs | 22 |
| Healthcare Administration | Master's Degree | $81,355 | +$44,379 | above HS line | $51,272 | 1.2 yrs | 20 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | $93,547 | +$56,571 | above HS line | $23,284 | 0.4 yrs | 19 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $76,305 | +$39,329 | clears the bar | $28,334 | 0.7 yrs | 19 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | $132,798 | +$95,822 | above HS line | $37,950 | 0.4 yrs | 15 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Bachelor's Degree | $121,408 | +$84,432 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $50,0701-year earnings | +$13,094 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $27,688 | 2.1 yrs | 14 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $54,662 | +$17,686 | above HS line | $40,760 | 2.3 yrs | 14 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $62,748 | +$25,772 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $77,0771-year earnings | +$40,101 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $29,181 | 0.7 yrs | 14 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $100,721 | +$63,745 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $127,649 | +$90,673 | above HS line | $99,114 | 1.1 yrs | 12 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | Bachelor's Degree | $38,6961-year earnings | +$1,720 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $97,525 | +$60,549 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Master's Degree | $91,3821-year earnings | +$54,406 | above HS line (1-yr) | $29,725 | 0.5 yrs | 2 |
| Film and Photography | Master's Degree | $48,9641-year earnings | +$11,988 | above HS line (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Management Information Systems | Master's Degree | $118,874 | +$81,898 | above HS line | $20,500 | 0.3 yrs | 1 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences | Associate's Degree | $77,786 | +$40,810 | clears the bar | $10,453 | 0.3 yrs | not published |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 150 |
| Human Biology | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 78 |
| Security Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 54 |
| Statistics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 27 |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Business Administration | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Psychology, Other | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Nursing | First Professional Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Legal Support Services | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Legal Support Services | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Business Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $36,688 | not assessed | 5 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Human Resources | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Legal Support Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Construction Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Criminal Justice | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Security Science and Technology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Sustainability Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Design | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Alternative and Complementary Medicine and Medical Systems | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Practical and Vocational Nursing | Associate's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Practical and Vocational Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business Administration | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Finance | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Human Resources | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| International Business | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Science | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Educational Administration | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Associate's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Biomedical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Natural Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Marine Transportation | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Medical Assisting | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,976 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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