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Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA · Public · 5,166 students · mostly bachelor degrees
151st-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$12,885
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$24,648
Graduation rate
58%
Admission rate
93%
Median graduate earnings
$65,986
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$16,705
Pell grant recipients
36%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
58 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$144,371Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree54 grads/yr$143,886Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree94 grads/yr$127,133Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bachelor's Degree20 grads/yr$112,757Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$106,181Education, General · Master's Degree24 grads/yr$87,304Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$83,668Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree323 grads/yr$75,887Environmental Science · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$69,077Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree90 grads/yr$68,833Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree80 grads/yr$67,351Criminal Justice and Corrections, General · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$66,892Music Technology · Bachelor's Degree17 grads/yr$65,533Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$65,009Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree28 grads/yr$64,913Deaf Studies · Bachelor's Degree34 grads/yr$64,116College Student Counseling and Personnel Services · Master's Degree36 grads/yr$63,781Forensic Anthropology · Bachelor's Degree29 grads/yr$62,674General Studies · Bachelor's Degree115 grads/yr$59,444English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree76 grads/yr$59,418Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree289 grads/yr$57,335Public/Applied History · Bachelor's Degree53 grads/yr$56,819Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree112 grads/yr$56,581Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree97 grads/yr$56,345French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree21 grads/yr$53,489
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.