CIP 2401 · Bachelor's Degree · UC Davis

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at UC Davis

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of UC Davis. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $39,785.

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

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y

$39,785

California CIP-4 median $55,626

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y

$41,760

Treasury · 4y post-completion

MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT

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At program completion

COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW

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IPEDS award counts

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 · 2014–2015$17,726

Median federal debt at program exit.FoS

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

-$68,712

Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%

BREAKEVEN

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Doesn’t reach breakeven within the horizon

Cost per year: $12,304
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 StatePEER$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 DavisTHIS PROGRAM$39,785—

Cal Poly HumboldtPEER$38,08266 grads Providence Christian CollegePEER$37,02528 grads

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