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California State University-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA · Public · 8,577 students · mostly bachelor degrees
47th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$5,652
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$19,522
Graduation rate
50%
Admission rate
94%
Median graduate earnings
$59,009
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$16,600
Pell grant recipients
61%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
67 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree70 grads/yr$120,351Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree87 grads/yr$102,298Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$97,998Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$93,797Education, General · Master's Degree111 grads/yr$92,010Engineering Science · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$88,948Social Work · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$86,527Public Administration · Master's Degree30 grads/yr$85,123Environmental/Natural Resources Law Enforcement and Protective Services · Bachelor's Degree6 grads/yr$82,315College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree33 grads/yr$82,248Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree65 grads/yr$80,432Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$78,029Geology/Earth Science, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$69,989Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$68,014Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$64,470Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree362 grads/yr$61,705Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$58,885General Studies · Bachelor's Degree317 grads/yr$57,529Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$56,081Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree168 grads/yr$53,715Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$53,553Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree134 grads/yr$52,618English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$52,420Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree22 grads/yr$51,882Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree102 grads/yr$50,989
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.