+25%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at California State University-Los Angeles rose 25% between 2007 and 2010 ($5.5k → $6.9k).
California · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Cal State LA
Los Angeles, California. 21,478 undergraduate students. 160 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cal State LA
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.
+131%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at California State University-Los Angeles rose 131% between 2021 and 2024 (11.0% → 25.4%).
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at California State University-Los Angeles fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
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.
$59,211+30% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$45,702
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry52.6%+92% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$11,966+71% · '97→'10
At program completion21,478+14% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS72.9%-4% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time91.9%+81% · '01→'24
latest cohort$6,813+316% · '00→'24
out-of-state $18,698SECTION 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
2.7%Median federal debt $11,966 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $59,211 (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.
+92%
Cal State LA · completion · 150% rose
27.6% → 53.0%
+824%
Cal State LA · completion · 100% rose
2.8% → 25.4%
+316%
Cal State LA · in-state tuition rose
$1,722 → $7,160
+117%
Cal State LA · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,102 → $19,760
+71%
Cal State LA · median debt rose
$4,010 → $6,875
-100%
Cal State LA · cohort default rate fell
5.2% → 0.0%
+47%
Cal State LA · pell share rose
45.1% → 66.3%
+25%
Cal State LA · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,600 → $45,702
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.$142,334Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$132,333Business Administration, Management and Operations.$129,508Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,317Mechanical Engineering.$108,577Civil Engineering.$102,242Computer Science.$100,735Civil Engineering.$99,644Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$96,348Special Education and Teaching.$94,553Mechanical Engineering.$94,122Health and Medical Administrative Services.$88,315Social Work.$88,174Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$82,681Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$73,782Education, General.$73,525Computer and Information Sciences, General.$69,513Fire Protection.$68,683Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$66,319Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,019Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.$63,884Air Transportation.$63,042Social Work.$59,861Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$57,358
Showing top 24 of 43 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
43 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
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
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
TRANSPORTATION & MATERIALS MOVING · CIP 49
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Public Health.$56,290Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$45,345Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$120,317Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$50,690Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$142,334Health and Medical Administrative Services.$88,315Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$57,358Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services.$73,782
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
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 LA graduates earn $X” — not “Cal State LA makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cal State LA 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.