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California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA 25,042 Undergrads 77.5% Grad Rate
Total Cost
$23,955
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$11,531
After Aid
Median Earnings
$71,138
4yr Post-Grad
Vs. Peer Institutions
Net Price$11,531
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$71,138Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$71,902Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate77.5%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age22.4
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients46.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time88.0%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS76.8%
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
+$623k
+$156k
+$138k
Median Cost$12k/yr
+$581k
+$114k
+$97k
Full Cost$24k/yr
+$536k
+$69k
+$52k
ROI Efficiency Metrics
Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
30
∞
Median Cost$12k/yr
35
233%
Full Cost$24k/yr
43
60%
Analysis Assumptions:
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- 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 Return211%
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 Return10%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.
Program ROI Analysis
Bachelor's Degrees
Median Debt
$25,750
Earnings (4yr)
$106,171
Natl Median: $98,207
Lifetime Value Added
+$364k
Agricultural Business and Management
BachCIP: 0101
Median Debt
$17,500
Earnings (4yr)
$48,033
Natl Median: $66,647
Lifetime Value Added
-$89k
Animal Sciences
BachCIP: 0109
Median Debt
$15,167
Earnings (4yr)
$53,017
Natl Median: $49,634
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
$9,500
Earnings (4yr)
$37,443
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
-$179k
Apparel and Textiles
BachCIP: 1909
Median Debt
$11,600
Earnings (4yr)
$52,952
Natl Median: $57,640
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$28,040
Earnings (4yr)
$76,969
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
+$141k
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$17,490
Earnings (4yr)
$61,688
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
+$23k
Biotechnology
BachCIP: 2612
Median Debt
$17,562
Earnings (4yr)
$73,152
Natl Median: $67,097
Lifetime Value Added
+$112k
Business Administration, Management and Operations
BachCIP: 5202
Median Debt
$15,500
Earnings (4yr)
$70,954
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Chemical Engineering
BachCIP: 1407
Median Debt
$21,322
Earnings (4yr)
$102,849
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
+$339k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$23,333
Earnings (4yr)
$70,741
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
+$94k
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
BachCIP: 0403
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,704
Natl Median: $66,874
Lifetime Value Added
+$109k
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (4yr)
$97,790
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$300k
Communication and Media Studies
BachCIP: 0901
Median Debt
$14,725
Earnings (4yr)
$56,278
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$20k
Computer Engineering
BachCIP: 1409
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$100,673
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$322k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$15,666
Earnings (4yr)
$103,494
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
+$344k
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1510
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (4yr)
$105,812
Natl Median: $93,843
Lifetime Value Added
+$361k
Design and Applied Arts
BachCIP: 5004
Median Debt
$20,825
Earnings (4yr)
$55,744
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$25k
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
BachCIP: 5131
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$54,979
Natl Median: $55,856
Lifetime Value Added
-$40k
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
BachCIP: 5005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$11,434
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$407k
Median Debt
$12,744
Earnings (4yr)
$63,525
Natl Median: $48,842
Lifetime Value Added
+$38k
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
$8,724
Earnings (4yr)
$61,084
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
+$19k
Education, Other
BachCIP: 1399
Median Debt
$11,000
Earnings (4yr)
$42,160
Natl Median: $49,113
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
Median Debt
$17,985
Earnings (4yr)
$103,924
Natl Median: $100,647
Lifetime Value Added
+$347k
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
BachCIP: 1503
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$91,709
Natl Median: $84,599
Lifetime Value Added
+$254k
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
BachCIP: 1500
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$100,306
Natl Median: $80,526
Lifetime Value Added
+$304k
English Language and Literature, General
BachCIP: 2301
Median Debt
$11,250
Earnings (4yr)
$47,721
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$91k
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
BachCIP: 0502
Median Debt
$14,936
Earnings (4yr)
$43,082
Natl Median: $51,710
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
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
$22,350
Earnings (4yr)
$75,601
Natl Median: $70,873
Lifetime Value Added
+$131k
Geography and Cartography
BachCIP: 4507
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,424
Natl Median: $57,853
Lifetime Value Added
-$11k
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
BachCIP: 4006
Median Debt
$19,375
Earnings (4yr)
$73,305
Natl Median: $60,190
Lifetime Value Added
+$113k
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,217
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
Hospitality Administration/Management
BachCIP: 5209
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$57,114
Natl Median: $56,726
Lifetime Value Added
-$14k
Industrial Engineering
BachCIP: 1435
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$95,835
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
+$285k
Landscape Architecture
BachCIP: 0406
Median Debt
$18,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,790
Natl Median: $66,387
Lifetime Value Added
+$86k
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$51,492
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$60k
Manufacturing Engineering
BachCIP: 1436
Median Debt
$19,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,042
Natl Median: $88,451
Lifetime Value Added
+$264k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
$15,653
Earnings (4yr)
$63,059
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
+$34k
Median Debt
$24,354
Earnings (4yr)
$91,230
Natl Median: $82,073
Lifetime Value Added
+$250k
Mechanical Engineering
BachCIP: 1419
Median Debt
$16,940
Earnings (4yr)
$99,148
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$311k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$17,750
Earnings (4yr)
$44,910
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
-$115k
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
$16,500
Earnings (4yr)
$54,605
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$51,522
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$87,856
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
+$224k
Plant Sciences
BachCIP: 0111
Median Debt
$11,375
Earnings (4yr)
$66,714
Natl Median: $56,567
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
Political Science and Government
BachCIP: 4510
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,712
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$24k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$49,747
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
BachCIP: 1609
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$68,077
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
+$73k
Science, Technology and Society
BachCIP: 3015
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $67,452
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$13,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,694
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$50k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$15,000
Earnings (4yr)
$53,024
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$47k
Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (5yr)
$63,425
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Master's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
MastCIP: 5203
Median Debt
-
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
-$40k
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$70,278
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
-$54k
Biology, General
MastCIP: 2601
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,830
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Business Administration, Management and Operations
MastCIP: 5202
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$128,133
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$464k
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
+$134k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$110,863
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
+$314k
Computer Science
MastCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$141,744
Natl Median: $145,571
Lifetime Value Added
+$582k
Economics
MastCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $100,743
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$20,407
Earnings (4yr)
$95,883
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$183k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$124,574
Natl Median: $133,654
Lifetime Value Added
+$412k
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
$32,100
Earnings (4yr)
$69,842
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
-$45k
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
-
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
+$65k
Mechanical Engineering
MastCIP: 1419
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$123,084
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
+$420k
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
-$78k
Public Administration
MastCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,998
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
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
-
Earnings (4yr)
$132,932
Natl Median: $100,573
Lifetime Value Added
+$296k
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.