CIP 5110 · Bachelor's Degree · Cal State Dominguez Hills

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions at Cal State Dominguez Hills

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Cal State Dominguez Hills. 86 completers in the most recent 4-year window (49 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $126,318.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$126,318
California CIP-4 median $127,531
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$121,466
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$19,579
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
86
49 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Cal State Dominguez Hills

2.1%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $19,579 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $126,318.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

2.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the California CIP 5110 peer-median earnings $127,531.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$19,579
$19,579$18,98120142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201986
863820142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,535,684
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 4year 0year 39
Cost per year
$4,942
HS-only baseline · CA
$41,880
Years to complete
4
CIP family
51

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5110

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions across California institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all California Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Loma Linda UniversityPEER$127,53145 grads
Cal State Dominguez HillsTHIS PROGRAM$126,31886 grads
National UniversityPEER$73,27834 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →