+18%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at California State University-Sacramento rose 18% between 2007 and 2010 ($9.3k → $11.0k).
California · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Sacramento State
Sacramento, California. 27,867 undergraduate students. 118 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Sacramento State
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-Sacramento fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.7% → 0.0%).
+38%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at California State University-Sacramento rose 38% between 2021 and 2024 (20.3% → 28.1%).
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.
$64,876+27% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$51,074
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry55.8%+32% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$12,500+100% · '97→'10
At program completion27,867+25% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS81.1%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time93.6%+94% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,602+328% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,482SECTION 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
2.6%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $64,876 (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.
+32%
Sacramento State · completion · 150% rose
42.7% → 56.3%
+215%
Sacramento State · completion · 100% rose
8.9% → 28.1%
+25%
Sacramento State · undergrad enrollment rose
18,713 → 23,398
+328%
Sacramento State · in-state tuition rose
$1,874 → $8,018
+123%
Sacramento State · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,254 → $20,618
+100%
Sacramento State · median debt rose
$5,500 → $11,000
-100%
Sacramento State · cohort default rate fell
7.2% → 0.0%
+50%
Sacramento State · pell share rose
32.7% → 49.1%
+22%
Sacramento State · earnings_median_8yr rose
$47,900 → $58,491
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.$138,606Construction Engineering.$127,606Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$113,277Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$110,544Computer Science.$108,027Business Administration, Management and Operations.$107,931Computer Engineering.$107,734Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$106,616Civil Engineering.$102,565Civil Engineering.$95,595Mechanical Engineering.$91,357Education, General.$90,404Social Work.$84,839Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$81,480Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$78,900Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$75,711History.$75,373Special Education and Teaching.$72,912Chemistry.$72,393Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$71,352Educational Administration and Supervision.$69,986Business Administration, Management and Operations.$68,332Interior Architecture.$67,938Economics.$67,897
Showing top 24 of 56 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
56 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
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
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
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
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$138,606Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$62,467Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$113,277Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$66,096Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$78,900Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$110,544
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
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
“Sacramento State graduates earn $X” — not “Sacramento State makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Sacramento State 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.