San Diego State University
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Details
- Name: San Diego State University
- Location: San Diego, CA 92182-0001
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 34.44%
- Average SAT Scores No data
- Four Year Completion Rate 56.65% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 78.27% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 77.4% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year56.6%6 Year78.3%8 Year77.4% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $27,357 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $20,170 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $8,290 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $12,847 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $15,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $8,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $9,655 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $10,241 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $14,205 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $18,176 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $24,913 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $52,620 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $51,614 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $61,120 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $56,861 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $64,909 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $35,433 | $22,092 | $33,271 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $24,145 | No data | $35,249 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,791 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,355 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $36,703 | $20,192 | $26,064 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,508 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $36,023 | $28,477 | $34,509 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $30,705 | $18,799 | $37,838 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $28,768 | $21,352 | $62,997 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $30,965 | $17,304 | $61,870 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $38,815 | $33,998 | $63,495 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,895 |
| Linguistics and Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,297 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $33,552 | $28,797 | $25,695 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $39,484 | $30,330 | $31,547 |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $43,062 | No data | $54,240 |
| Gerontology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $39,360 | $24,509 | $24,520 |
| Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $21,680 | No data | $34,581 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,106 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $36,387 | $22,000 | $30,004 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $22,445 | No data | $72,385 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $36,859 | $23,870 | $65,965 |
| Construction Engineering Technologies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $79,248 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,884 | $33,006 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,780 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $27,472 | $17,201 | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $39,696 | $25,233 | $28,861 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $26,978 | $21,458 | $31,838 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $22,994 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $39,435 | $24,885 | $24,147 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $46,753 | No data | $73,334 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,059 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $26,441 | $16,378 | $24,209 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $27,906 | $23,796 | $25,662 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $23,714 | No data | $45,625 |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $33,969 | No data | $32,608 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $51,826 | No data | $26,805 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,178 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $29,053 | No data | $17,224 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $35,192 | $23,910 | $23,879 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,950 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $24,308 | No data | $34,977 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $34,798 | $20,659 | $42,818 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $41,488 | $21,300 | $28,674 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $41,328 | $34,050 | $34,442 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,248 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $37,235 | No data | No data |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $34,619 | $29,772 | $89,225 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $28,522 | $29,426 | $43,577 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,033 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,639 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,595 |
| Real Estate | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $31,333 | $19,313 | $38,950 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $35,081 | $23,768 | $47,713 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $38,454 | $30,915 | $44,228 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $20,072 | $47,197 |