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California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA · Public · 28,350 students · mostly bachelor degrees
100th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$9,338
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$22,945
Graduation rate
56%
Admission rate
94%
Median graduate earnings
$64,876
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$15,000
Pell grant recipients
49%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
117 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree181 grads/yr$129,960Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree180 grads/yr$116,033Construction Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$114,594Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree69 grads/yr$108,293Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Master's Degree21 grads/yr$108,193Computer Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$104,394Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree26 grads/yr$104,270Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree95 grads/yr$103,512Education, General · Master's Degree131 grads/yr$102,444Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Doctoral Degree$101,467Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · Bachelor's Degree145 grads/yr$93,973Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree180 grads/yr$93,878Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree267 grads/yr$92,519Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other · Master's Degree40 grads/yr$91,632Public Administration · Master's Degree18 grads/yr$84,962Social Work · Master's Degree54 grads/yr$84,100Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree26 grads/yr$82,062Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Master's Degree9 grads/yr$79,785Geographic Information Science and Cartography · Bachelor's Degree37 grads/yr$75,234Environmental Chemistry · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$74,430Geology/Earth Science, General · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$73,418Psychology, General · Master's Degree6 grads/yr$72,365Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree$70,641Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree167 grads/yr$70,290College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree85 grads/yr$68,782
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.