University of San Diego
San Diego, California · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
21of 21 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year).
21 of 43 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 22: 17 with no earnings published and 5 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 47 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$30,365 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
$30,365 a year
About $121,460 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 | $15,586 |
| $30k to $48k | $17,441 |
| $48k to $75k | $19,557 |
| $75k to $110k | $27,012 |
| $110k and up | $46,989 |
| All families (average) | $30,365 |
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).
43 of 90 programs could be assessed 48% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law | First Professional Degree | $134,065 | +$97,089 | above HS line | $145,850 | 1.5 yrs | 223 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $93,099 | +$56,123 | clears the bar | $23,094 | 0.4 yrs | 175 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $79,678 | +$42,702 | clears the bar | $19,899 | 0.5 yrs | 162 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | $148,025 | +$111,049 | above HS line | $31,918 | 0.3 yrs | 138 |
| Real Estate | Bachelor's Degree | $78,044 | +$41,068 | clears the bar | $19,699 | 0.5 yrs | 125 |
| Legal Support Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $74,783 | +$37,807 | above HS line | $18,540 | 0.5 yrs | 119 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $163,311 | +$126,335 | above HS line | $48,756 | 0.4 yrs | 113 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $74,178 | +$37,202 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 0.6 yrs | 111 |
| Nursing | Master's Degree | $124,822 | +$87,846 | above HS line | $119,008 | 1.4 yrs | 95 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $83,562 | +$46,586 | clears the bar | $20,569 | 0.4 yrs | 93 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $68,913 | +$31,937 | clears the bar | $24,000 | 0.8 yrs | 92 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $59,950 | +$22,974 | clears the bar | $23,118 | 1.0 yrs | 79 |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics | Master's Degree | $104,240 | +$67,264 | above HS line | $48,680 | 0.7 yrs | 73 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $62,301 | +$25,325 | clears the bar | $25,344 | 1.0 yrs | 71 |
| Neuroscience | Bachelor's Degree | $72,910 | +$35,934 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.7 yrs | 67 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | $68,584 | +$31,608 | above HS line | $44,186 | 1.4 yrs | 64 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $91,474 | +$54,498 | above HS line | $33,705 | 0.6 yrs | 62 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $91,848 | +$54,872 | clears the bar | $26,187 | 0.5 yrs | 62 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $72,038 | +$35,062 | above HS line | $100,657 | 2.9 yrs | 59 |
| IT Administration and Management | Master's Degree | $141,878 | +$104,902 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 57 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $109,142 | +$72,166 | clears the bar | $24,969 | 0.3 yrs | 57 |
| Security Science and Technology | Master's Degree | $137,533 | +$100,557 | above HS line | $48,077 | 0.5 yrs | 56 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | $85,285 | +$48,309 | clears the bar | $19,348 | 0.4 yrs | 50 |
| Nursing | First Professional Degree | $145,372 | +$108,396 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 45 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $149,847 | +$112,871 | clears the bar | $19,500 | 0.2 yrs | 44 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $77,579 | +$40,603 | above HS line | $53,519 | 1.3 yrs | 44 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | $55,177 | +$18,201 | above HS line | $56,673 | 3.1 yrs | 41 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $80,6441-year earnings | +$43,668 | clears the bar (1-yr) | not published | not assessed | 39 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $80,953 | +$43,977 | above HS line | $107,772 | 2.5 yrs | 36 |
| International Relations | Bachelor's Degree | $61,509 | +$24,533 | clears the bar | $24,100 | 1.0 yrs | 33 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | $148,235 | +$111,259 | above HS line | $135,168 | 1.2 yrs | 31 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $54,338 | +$17,362 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.4 yrs | 31 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | $58,517 | +$21,541 | clears the bar | $23,000 | 1.1 yrs | 30 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $68,752 | +$31,776 | clears the bar | $24,000 | 0.8 yrs | 30 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $110,314 | +$73,338 | clears the bar | $29,276 | 0.4 yrs | 28 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $83,380 | +$46,404 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 0.6 yrs | 25 |
| Real Estate | Master's Degree | $155,948 | +$118,972 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $54,474 | +$17,498 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Nursing | Doctoral Degree | $178,950 | +$141,974 | above HS line | $105,176 | 0.7 yrs | 11 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $71,030 | +$34,054 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $68,167 | +$31,191 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $75,964 | +$38,988 | above HS line | $54,416 | 1.4 yrs | not published |
| Legal Support Services | Post-baccalaureate Certificate | $62,873 | +$25,897 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Data Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 56 |
| Applied Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 40 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 35 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 32 |
| Data Analytics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 24 |
| Data Analytics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Human Services | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| International Relations | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 22 |
| Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 21 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $20,500 | not assessed | 18 |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Education, Other | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Taxation | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Education, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Homeland Security | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Educational Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | First Professional Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Finance | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| International Business | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| History | Master's Degree | 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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