CIP 4201 · Bachelor's Degree · UC San Diego

Psychology, General at UC San Diego

Federal outcomes for bachelor's degree graduates of UC San Diego. 216 completers in the most recent 4-year window (200 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $56,911.

SCORECARD FIELDOFSTUDYDATA · CIP 4201 · BACHELOR'S DEGREEPEER SET · 60 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTIONS · HISTORY 1996–2024

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y

$56,911

California CIP-4 median $54,617

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y

$47,072

Treasury · 4y post-completion

MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT

$15,446

At program completion

COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW

216

200 most recent year

DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at UC San Diego

3.6%

0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $15,446 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $56,911.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

3.8%

0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the California CIP 4201 peer-median earnings $54,617.

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 · 2014–2018$15,446

Median federal debt at program exit.FoS

COMPLETERS · 2014–2019216

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

$194,272

Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%

BREAKEVEN

Year 12

First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero

Cost per year: $10,389
HS-only baseline · CA: $41,880
Years to complete: 4
CIP family: 42

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 4201

Psychology, General across California institutions

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

Santa Clara UniversityPEER$77,958104 grads UC BerkeleyPEER$72,8100 grads University of San DiegoPEER$68,458100 grads Chapman UniversityPEER$67,242117 grads USCPEER$67,060177 grads UCLAPEER$65,954641 grads Cal Poly SLOPEER$65,762155 grads University of the PacificPEER$65,58834 grads San Jose StatePEER$65,246482 grads LMUPEER$64,365148 grads PepperdinePEER$63,88290 grads University of San FranciscoPEER$63,533164 grads StanfordPEER$63,3960 grads California Lutheran UniversityPEER$62,074123 grads Notre Dame de Namur UniversityPEER$60,97427 grads SF StatePEER$60,290429 grads Mount Saint Mary's UniversityPEER$59,95138 grads University of RedlandsPEER$59,19452 grads UC Santa CruzPEER$59,093510 grads Cal State East BayPEER$57,858430 grads University of La VernePEER$57,835124 grads California Baptist UniversityPEER$57,219177 grads Occidental CollegePEER$57,02441 grads National UniversityPEER$56,955152 grads

UC San DiegoTHIS PROGRAM$56,911216 grads

Cal State FullertonPEER$56,770791 grads UC IrvinePEER$56,253366 grads Westmont CollegePEER$55,70526 grads Sacramento StatePEER$55,115600 grads Cal State Long BeachPEER$55,066507 grads Sonoma StatePEER$54,617202 grads Cal State San MarcosPEER$54,559327 grads Cal State Monterey BayPEER$54,215252 grads University of Massachusetts GlobalPEER$53,859217 grads Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaPEER$53,74766 grads Fresno StatePEER$53,513465 grads UC RiversidePEER$53,4160 grads Cal State BakersfieldPEER$53,226280 grads Cal State NorthridgePEER$52,901864 grads UC MercedPEER$52,632310 grads Chico StatePEER$52,482335 grads Hope International UniversityPEER$52,18715 grads Cal Poly PomonaPEER$51,985365 grads Biola UniversityPEER$51,95669 grads Cal State Dominguez HillsPEER$51,375503 grads La Sierra UniversityPEER$51,34216 grads Azusa Pacific UniversityPEER$51,021167 grads Simpson UniversityPEER$50,83055 grads Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaPEER$50,58344 grads Cal State Channel IslandsPEER$49,948356 grads William Jessup UniversityPEER$49,79455 grads Cal State StanislausPEER$49,724396 grads Whittier CollegePEER$49,53440 grads Fresno Pacific UniversityPEER$48,30526 grads Concordia University-IrvinePEER$47,96630 grads Point Loma Nazarene UniversityPEER$46,95972 grads Cal State San BernardinoPEER$46,874572 grads San Diego StatePEER$46,082601 grads Cal Poly HumboldtPEER$43,990158 grads Northcentral UniversityPEER$42,31934 grads Ashford UniversityPEER$41,585475 grads

Psychology, General at UC San Diego

This program at UC San Diego

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

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