unitid 110556 · Fresno, CA · public 4-year · city (large)
California State University-Fresno
- enrollment 2023
- 25,971
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
95%
85th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
21,605
89th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
57%
undergrads on Pell grants
92nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
57%
finish within 150% time
74th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$20,095
37th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$7,000
after aid, aided students
16th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$61,244
after entry, Title IV students
75th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$14,505
27th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $5,105 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k45%
- 30-48k25%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k7%
- 110k+6%
- Median family income
- $27,059
- First-generation students
- 53%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,350
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 598 | $65,494 | $15,845 |
| Psychology, General. | 553 | $53,513 | $13,889 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 529 | $54,909 | $13,662 |
| Criminology. | 352 | $42,026 | $10,773 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 304 | $57,456 | $14,314 |
| Biology, General. | 170 | $54,153 | $15,853 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 146 | $55,153 | — |
| Sociology. | 145 | $45,384 | $11,114 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 142 | $113,245 | $17,938 |
| Agricultural Business and Management. | 115 | $69,880 | $13,139 |
| Animal Sciences. | 107 | $58,619 | $17,585 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 103 | $62,131 | $17,336 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
nearest neighbors in sector
Compare with peers
- California State University-San Bernardino →
- California State University-Northridge →
- California State University-Sacramento →
- California State University-Los Angeles →
- California State University-Stanislaus →
- California State University-Bakersfield →
- The University of Texas at El Paso →
- Montclair State University →
built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.