CIP 2401 · Bachelor's Degree · San Jose State

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at San Jose State

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of San Jose State. 69 completers in the most recent 4-year window (56 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $55,764.

SCORECARD FIELDOFSTUDYDATA · CIP 2401 · BACHELOR'S DEGREEPEER SET · 40 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTIONS · HISTORY 1996–2024

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y

$55,764

California CIP-4 median $55,289

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y

$44,387

Treasury · 4y post-completion

MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT

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At program completion

COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW

56 most recent year

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 · 2014–2016$18,500

Median federal debt at program exit.FoS

COMPLETERS · 2014–201969

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.

Family income

Discount rate · 5.0%

Horizon · 40 years

Apply Dale-Krueger selection shrinkage

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

NET PRESENT VALUE

$224,605

Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%

BREAKEVEN

Year 14

First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero

Cost per year: $12,948
HS-only baseline · CA: $41,880
Years to complete: 4
CIP family: 24

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 2401

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities across California institutions

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

Chapman UniversityPEER$66,7961 grads Cal Poly SLOPEER$64,390123 grads USCPEER$64,040—Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaPEER$63,47060 grads LMUPEER$61,71015 grads UC RiversidePEER$61,690136 grads SF StatePEER$61,526111 grads PepperdinePEER$59,81522 grads Azusa Pacific UniversityPEER$59,335101 grads University of Massachusetts GlobalPEER$59,101165 grads California Lutheran UniversityPEER$59,02530 grads Cal State East BayPEER$58,970120 grads Sonoma StatePEER$58,913117 grads Cal State StanislausPEER$58,883226 grads Cal State BakersfieldPEER$58,622361 grads San Diego StatePEER$58,202237 grads Cal State NorthridgePEER$56,781318 grads Sacramento StatePEER$55,823191 grads

San Jose StateTHIS PROGRAM$55,76469 grads

California Baptist UniversityPEER$55,62681 grads Cal State San MarcosPEER$55,289174 grads Cal State San BernardinoPEER$55,231224 grads Chico StatePEER$55,139234 grads University of La VernePEER$54,973122 grads Fresno StatePEER$54,909534 grads Cal State Monterey BayPEER$54,702227 grads Cal State FullertonPEER$52,783159 grads Cal State Long BeachPEER$52,433293 grads Ashford UniversityPEER$51,14042 grads Cal State Channel IslandsPEER$50,286125 grads Cal Poly PomonaPEER$49,335161 grads Soka University of AmericaPEER$49,24985 grads Thomas Aquinas CollegePEER$49,02979 grads Cal State LAPEER$47,969139 grads Concordia University-IrvinePEER$47,71331 grads The Master's University and SeminaryPEER$47,17923 grads Cal State Dominguez HillsPEER$42,981166 grads University of RedlandsPEER$40,97216 grads UC DavisPEER$39,785—Cal Poly HumboldtPEER$38,08266 grads Providence Christian CollegePEER$37,02528 grads

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