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California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA 25,042 Undergrads 77.1% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$22,633
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$9,404
After Aid
Median Earnings
$74,365
5yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$9,404
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$74,365Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$77,464Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate77.1%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)22.4
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients49.2%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time88.0%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.1%
Admissions Profile
Acceptance
75.2%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -
ROI Sensitivity AnalysisAssuming 4 Years to Graduation
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$640k
+$170k
+$154k
Median Cost$9k/yr
+$606k
+$136k
+$120k
Full Cost$23k/yr
+$559k
+$89k
+$72k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
29
∞
Median Cost$9k/yr
33
354%
Full Cost$23k/yr
40
89%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Donor Return260%
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Taxpayer Return23%
Program ROI Analysis
These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →
Bachelor's Degrees
Median Debt
$18,000
Earnings (4yr)
$106,171
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$374k
Agricultural Business and Management
BachCIP: 0101
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,033
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$81k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,017
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$39k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$18,244
Earnings (4yr)
$37,443
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$172k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$18,855
Earnings (4yr)
$52,952
Natl Median: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$76,969
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
+$151k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$14,800
Earnings (4yr)
$61,688
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Biotechnology
BachCIP: 2612
Median Debt
$15,238
Earnings (4yr)
$73,152
Natl Median: $67,097
Lifetime Value Added
+$122k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$13,775
Earnings (4yr)
$70,954
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$105k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$17,745
Earnings (4yr)
$102,849
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$348k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$13,625
Earnings (4yr)
$70,741
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$103k
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
BachCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$18,744
Earnings (4yr)
$72,704
Natl Median: $66,874
Lifetime Value Added
+$118k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$14,500
Earnings (4yr)
$97,790
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$310k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$13,750
Earnings (4yr)
$56,278
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$12k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$100,673
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$332k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$103,494
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$353k
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1510
Median Debt
$20,014
Earnings (4yr)
$105,812
Natl Median: $93,843
Lifetime Value Added
+$371k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$14,987
Earnings (4yr)
$55,744
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$17k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$25,194
Natl Median: $55,840
Lifetime Value Added
-$271k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (5yr)
$25,510
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$281k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$63,525
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
+$47k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$12,910
Earnings (4yr)
$61,084
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$12,238
Earnings (4yr)
$42,160
Natl Median: $49,113
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
Median Debt
$14,253
Earnings (4yr)
$103,924
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$357k
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1503
Median Debt
$14,589
Earnings (4yr)
$91,709
Natl Median: $84,599
Lifetime Value Added
+$264k
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
BachCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$63,005
Natl Median: $80,526
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,721
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$43,082
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$124k
Fine and Studio Arts
BachCIP: 5007
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Food Science and Technology
BachCIP: 0110
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,601
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$57,424
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$3k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$73,305
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$123k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$15,450
Earnings (4yr)
$51,217
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$13,750
Earnings (4yr)
$57,114
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
-$5k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435
Median Debt
$12,750
Earnings (4yr)
$95,835
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$295k
Landscape Architecture
BachCIP: 0406
Median Debt
$16,750
Earnings (4yr)
$69,790
Natl Median: $66,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$96k
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,492
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$52k
Manufacturing Engineering
BachCIP: 1436
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,042
Natl Median: $88,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$274k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$19,584
Earnings (4yr)
$63,059
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$43k
Median Debt
$16,815
Earnings (4yr)
$91,230
Natl Median: $82,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$260k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$16,163
Earnings (4yr)
$99,148
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$320k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$16,263
Earnings (4yr)
$44,910
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$16,952
Earnings (4yr)
$54,605
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$87,856
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$234k
Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,714
Natl Median: $56,567
Lifetime Value Added
+$72k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$13,733
Earnings (4yr)
$61,712
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$49,747
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$67k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,077
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$83k
Science, Technology and Society
BachCIP: 3015
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,452
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$12,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,694
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$42k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,024
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$39k
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (5yr)
$52,991
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Agriculture, General
MastCIP: 0100
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$67,660
Natl Median: $61,941
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$61,218
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
-$96k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$76,685
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
+$6k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$32,400
Earnings (4yr)
$128,133
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$469k
Chemistry
MastCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,937
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
MastCIP: 0403
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$90,339
Natl Median: $79,665
Lifetime Value Added
+$139k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$110,863
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$319k
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$141,744
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
+$586k
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$95,883
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$188k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$142,914
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$572k
Engineering-Related Fields
MastCIP: 1515
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $125,651
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Engineering, General
MastCIP: 1401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $120,215
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
English Language and Literature, General
MastCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$69,842
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
-$41k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
MastCIP: 4006
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $79,463
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
MastCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,360
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Hospitality Administration/Management
MastCIP: 5209
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,856
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Interior Architecture
MastCIP: 0405
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,993
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Landscape Architecture
MastCIP: 0406
Median Debt
$53,830
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,306
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Mathematics
MastCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$82,412
Natl Median: $72,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$70k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$123,084
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$425k
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
MastCIP: 0301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $74,607
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$66,151
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,998
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$66k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Systems Engineering
MastCIP: 1427
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $144,565
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Doctoral Degrees
Educational Administration and Supervision
DocCIP: 1304
Median Debt
$67,224
Earnings (4yr)
$132,932
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$304k
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.
Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.