+21%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at California State University-Long Beach rose 21% between 2007 and 2010 ($8.2k → $10.0k).
California · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Cal State Long Beach
Long Beach, California. 34,131 undergraduate students. 194 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cal State Long Beach
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at California State University-Long Beach fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
-11%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at California State University-Long Beach fell 11% between 2007 and 2010 (30.6k → 27.4k).
+11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at California State University-Long Beach rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (34.2% → 38.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$64,403+29% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$50,062
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry69.9%+143% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$12,227+81% · '97→'10
At program completion34,131+24% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS85.3%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time47.1%-19% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,008+321% · '00→'24
out-of-state $18,888SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.5%Median federal debt $12,227 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $64,403 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+143%
Cal State Long Beach · completion · 150% rose
28.3% → 68.9%
+824%
Cal State Long Beach · completion · 100% rose
4.1% → 38.0%
+24%
Cal State Long Beach · undergrad enrollment rose
22,052 → 27,416
+321%
Cal State Long Beach · in-state tuition rose
$1,744 → $7,350
+119%
Cal State Long Beach · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,124 → $19,950
+81%
Cal State Long Beach · median debt rose
$5,540 → $10,000
-100%
Cal State Long Beach · cohort default rate fell
4.7% → 0.0%
+63%
Cal State Long Beach · pell share rose
30.9% → 50.2%
+25%
Cal State Long Beach · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,900 → $50,062
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$145,444Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$139,337Educational Administration and Supervision.$125,689Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$121,984Construction Engineering Technologies.$116,039Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$113,863Health and Medical Administrative Services.$109,267Computer Engineering.$108,748Applied Mathematics.$102,189Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$101,607Business Administration, Management and Operations.$100,443Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$100,275Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$99,098Civil Engineering.$98,200Mechanical Engineering.$97,895Computer Science.$93,142Chemical Engineering.$91,493Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$90,553Curriculum and Instruction.$90,043Public Administration.$89,626Public Administration.$89,371Public Health.$84,760Social Work.$84,404Mathematics.$83,637
Showing top 24 of 81 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
81 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health and Medical Administrative Services.$65,179Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$113,863Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$139,337Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$145,444Health and Medical Administrative Services.$109,267Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$66,231Public Health.$84,760Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$83,573Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$74,009Public Health.$61,686Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$90,553Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$66,995
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$66,801Business Administration, Management and Operations.$100,443Hospitality Administration/Management.$46,668Business/Managerial Economics.$66,980Accounting and Related Services.$78,508Finance and Financial Management Services.$68,305Human Resources Management and Services.$65,611Management Information Systems and Services.$82,271Marketing.$62,561
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cal State Long Beach graduates earn $X” — not “Cal State Long Beach makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cal State Long Beach caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.