Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $90,768 ten years after enrolling, more than at 95% of colleges; 87% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.2 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
87 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 7 more are enrolled at another college. (5,113 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
64 of 100 finish within 4 years, 86 within 6, and 87 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 64% | 86% | 87% |
| Started in college here | 60% | 85% | 87% |
| Transferred in | 88% | 89% | 90% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 80%, 8 points below students with no need-based federal aid (88%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients603 students
80% · 8 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant513 students
87% · 1 point below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan3,267 students
88% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White2,561 students
88% · 1 point above all students
- Asian597 students
89% · 3 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino645 students
83% · 3 points below all students
- Black23 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Two or more races333 students
82% · 4 points below all students
- International62 students
81% · 6 points below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native7 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander11 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)