University of California-Los Angeles

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Of 89 assessed programs, 87 leave graduates out-earning a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 2 fall short. Another 165 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$5,579
$30k to $48k	$6,682
$48k to $75k	$9,811
$75k to $110k	$14,142
$110k and up	$29,682
All families (average)	$12,548

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.

89 of 254 programs could be assessed 35% 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
Management Science	Master's Degree	$169,099 1-year earnings	+$132,123	clears the bar	$88,637	0.7 yrs	877
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$95,440	+$58,464	clears the bar	$15,000	0.3 yrs	861
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$64,692	+$27,716	clears the bar	$14,453	0.5 yrs	696
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$74,202	+$37,226	clears the bar	$15,000	0.4 yrs	675
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,050	+$24,074	clears the bar	$14,388	0.6 yrs	648
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,804	+$24,828	clears the bar	$15,527	0.6 yrs	413
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,134	+$24,158	clears the bar	$16,570	0.7 yrs	383
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$103,887	+$66,911	clears the bar	$14,400	0.2 yrs	347
Law	First Professional Degree	$177,968	+$140,992	clears the bar	$135,373	1.0 yrs	338
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	$112,923	+$75,947	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	285
English	Bachelor's Degree	$55,346	+$18,370	clears the bar	$13,534	0.7 yrs	275
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$55,088	+$18,112	clears the bar	$14,820	0.8 yrs	250
History	Bachelor's Degree	$59,555	+$22,579	clears the bar	$13,500	0.6 yrs	249
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$72,443	+$35,467	clears the bar	$15,277	0.4 yrs	235
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	$109,017	+$72,041	clears the bar	$15,811	0.2 yrs	228
Cognitive Science	Bachelor's Degree	$102,066	+$65,090	clears the bar	$13,000	0.2 yrs	223
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$73,506	+$36,530	clears the bar	$14,753	0.4 yrs	222
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	$54,905	+$17,929	clears the bar	$14,579	0.8 yrs	208
Education	Master's Degree	$80,698	+$43,722	clears the bar	$33,087	0.8 yrs	206
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$57,139	+$20,163	clears the bar	$16,900	0.8 yrs	206
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$99,269	+$62,293	clears the bar	$14,920	0.2 yrs	193
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$55,404	+$18,428	clears the bar	$16,674	0.9 yrs	192
Human Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$66,496	+$29,520	clears the bar	$12,750	0.4 yrs	180
Public Health	Master's Degree	$110,900	+$73,924	clears the bar	$52,445	0.7 yrs	178
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$143,434	+$106,458	clears the bar	$163,032	1.5 yrs	164
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$108,875	+$71,899	clears the bar	$16,500	0.2 yrs	162
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$65,024	+$28,048	clears the bar	$14,545	0.5 yrs	152
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$174,798	+$137,822	clears the bar	$40,304	0.3 yrs	151
Nursing	Master's Degree	$136,869	+$99,893	clears the bar	$50,511	0.5 yrs	147
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$126,209	+$89,233	clears the bar	$16,979	0.2 yrs	142
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$46,173	+$9,197	clears the bar	$13,977	1.5 yrs	129
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$62,927	+$25,951	clears the bar	$15,000	0.6 yrs	128
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	$61,754	+$24,778	clears the bar	$15,000	0.6 yrs	123
Architectural Sciences and Technology	Master's Degree	$83,426	+$46,450	clears the bar	$72,149	1.6 yrs	109
Social Work	Master's Degree	$85,426	+$48,450	clears the bar	$53,583	1.1 yrs	109
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$75,927	+$38,951	clears the bar	$17,806	0.5 yrs	107
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	$78,035 1-year earnings	+$41,059	clears the bar	$222,633	5.4 yrs	107
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$228,705	+$191,729	clears the bar	$13,500	0.1 yrs	96
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,685	+$66,709	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	90
Film and Photography	Master's Degree	$53,630	+$16,654	clears the bar	$92,809	5.6 yrs	88
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,092	+$60,116	clears the bar	$17,529	0.3 yrs	87
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$67,193	+$30,217	clears the bar	$13,296	0.4 yrs	83
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$138,803	+$101,827	clears the bar	$20,500	0.2 yrs	82
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$108,066	+$71,090	clears the bar	$17,000	0.2 yrs	79
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$85,708	+$48,732	clears the bar	$21,000	0.4 yrs	79
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$47,779	+$10,803	clears the bar	$20,000	1.9 yrs	75
Engineering, General	Master's Degree	$177,858	+$140,882	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	72
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$39,023	+$2,047	clears the bar	$16,825	8.2 yrs	71
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$55,946	+$18,970	clears the bar	$14,000	0.7 yrs	65
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$116,525	+$79,549	clears the bar	$14,500	0.2 yrs	64
Public Policy Analysis	Master's Degree	$100,925	+$63,949	clears the bar	$41,000	0.6 yrs	64
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$115,706	+$78,730	clears the bar	$19,000	0.2 yrs	63
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Master's Degree	$90,541	+$53,565	clears the bar	$51,793	1.0 yrs	62
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$72,220	+$35,244	clears the bar	$11,000	0.3 yrs	58
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$118,566	+$81,590	clears the bar	$19,420	0.2 yrs	54
Library Science, Other	Master's Degree	$72,203	+$35,227	clears the bar	$56,259	1.6 yrs	52
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$51,755	+$14,779	clears the bar	$17,090	1.2 yrs	50
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	$134,860	+$97,884	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	50
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	$132,569	+$95,593	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	48
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	Master's Degree	$151,186	+$114,210	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Education	Doctoral Degree	$96,245	+$59,269	clears the bar	$66,580	1.1 yrs	42
International/Globalization Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$82,501	+$45,525	clears the bar	$12,000	0.3 yrs	41
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$51,559	+$14,583	clears the bar	$17,417	1.2 yrs	39
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$66,259	+$29,283	clears the bar	$19,000	0.6 yrs	38
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$140,028	+$103,052	clears the bar	$72,829	0.7 yrs	36
Chemistry	Master's Degree	$107,724	+$70,748	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	$100,014	+$63,038	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$55,898	+$18,922	clears the bar	$13,900	0.7 yrs	35
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$36,277	-$699	falls short	$19,309	insufficient data	31
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$79,143	+$42,167	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	30
Area Studies	Master's Degree	$71,833	+$34,857	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Literature	Bachelor's Degree	$22,704 1-year earnings	-$14,272	falls short	$13,328	insufficient data	28
Social Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	$82,105	+$45,129	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$50,904	+$13,928	clears the bar	$16,082	1.2 yrs	27
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$158,596 1-year earnings	+$121,620	clears the bar	$70,000	0.6 yrs	24
Physics	Doctoral Degree	$178,137	+$141,161	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Music	Master's Degree	$45,410	+$8,434	clears the bar	$37,820	4.5 yrs	23
Materials Engineering	Master's Degree	$146,629	+$109,653	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	$119,898	+$82,922	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Master's Degree	$69,701	+$32,725	clears the bar	$25,340	0.8 yrs	21
Theatre	Master's Degree	$59,013	+$22,037	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
History	Doctoral Degree	$94,132	+$57,156	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Sociology	Doctoral Degree	$103,675	+$66,699	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$75,504	+$38,528	clears the bar	$14,775	0.4 yrs	3
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$223,358	+$186,382	clears the bar	$97,335	0.5 yrs	3
Architecture	Master's Degree	$78,757	+$41,781	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$129,425	+$92,449	clears the bar	$17,332	0.2 yrs	0
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$216,722	+$179,746	clears the bar	$15,156	0.1 yrs	insufficient data
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	$136,659 1-year earnings	+$99,683	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	349
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	241
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	170
Computer Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	117
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	106
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	66
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Electrical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Computer Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	38
Materials Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Biomedical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Geography and Environmental Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Statistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Materials Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Classical and Ancient Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Music	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Geology and Earth Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Genetics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Materials Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8

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.