CIP 4511 · Bachelor's Degree · Santa Clara University

Sociology at Santa Clara University

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of Santa Clara University. 20 completers in the most recent 4-year window (30 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $77,833.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$77,833
California CIP-4 median $56,392
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$62,009
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
20
30 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 · 20142016$16,708
$17,501$16,00020142016
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201920
301620142019
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
$456,560
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 12year 0year 39
Cost per year
$41,599
HS-only baseline · CA
$41,880
Years to complete
4
CIP family
45

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 4511

Sociology across California institutions

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

UC BerkeleyPEER$78,070356 grads
Santa Clara UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$77,83320 grads
Cal Poly SLOPEER$75,58583 gradsSan Jose StatePEER$73,771212 gradsChapman UniversityPEER$70,11833 gradsSaint Mary's College of CaliforniaPEER$70,00416 gradsUSCPEER$67,12861 gradsLMUPEER$65,66987 gradsUCLAPEER$64,677752 gradsOccidental CollegePEER$62,89226 gradsSonoma StatePEER$62,652148 gradsMount Saint Mary's UniversityPEER$61,46330 gradsSF StatePEER$61,399131 gradsCal State East BayPEER$61,001247 gradsWhittier CollegePEER$60,98010 gradsUniversity of San FranciscoPEER$60,74748 gradsUC San DiegoPEER$60,237157 gradsUniversity of San DiegoPEER$59,68148 gradsUC DavisPEER$59,319264 gradsUC Santa BarbaraPEER$59,183717 gradsCal State Channel IslandsPEER$58,859187 gradsSacramento StatePEER$58,159286 gradsUniversity of the PacificPEER$57,79813 gradsCal Poly PomonaPEER$57,178270 gradsUC IrvinePEER$56,549286 gradsCal State BakersfieldPEER$56,392147 gradsUC Santa CruzPEER$56,389261 gradsUniversity of Massachusetts GlobalPEER$56,28530 gradsBiola UniversityPEER$54,91432 gradsCal State LAPEER$54,833385 gradsVanguard University of Southern CaliforniaPEER$54,68517 gradsNational UniversityPEER$54,67437 gradsUC RiversidePEER$53,798393 gradsCal State Long BeachPEER$53,402308 gradsCal State NorthridgePEER$53,371492 gradsCal State FullertonPEER$52,832382 gradsCalifornia Baptist UniversityPEER$51,97739 gradsCal Poly HumboldtPEER$51,75927 gradsCal State San MarcosPEER$51,480268 gradsCal State Dominguez HillsPEER$50,994290 gradsSan Diego StatePEER$50,363133 gradsCal State StanislausPEER$49,633167 gradsUC MercedPEER$49,39588 gradsCal State San BernardinoPEER$49,287259 gradsUniversity of La VernePEER$48,62421 gradsChico StatePEER$46,999186 gradsUniversity of RedlandsPEER$46,40522 gradsFresno StatePEER$45,384147 gradsAzusa Pacific UniversityPEER$44,26713 gradsAshford UniversityPEER$43,545108 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 →