unitid 110565 · Fullerton, CA · public 4-year · suburb (large)
California State University-Fullerton
- enrollment 2023
- 45,255
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
71st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
38,546
98th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
48%
undergrads on Pell grants
85th pctl among public 4-years
completion
70%
finish within 150% time
89th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,269
28th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$6,555
after aid, aided students
15th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$62,951
after entry, Title IV students
80th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$13,750
24th 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 $3,315 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
- 0-30k40%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $28,124
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,470
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.6× 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. | 2,134 | $70,718 | $14,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 992 | $56,770 | $12,998 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 647 | $60,920 | $13,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 542 | $54,777 | $14,481 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | 433 | $46,226 | $16,448 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 399 | — | $14,542 |
| Computer Science. | 371 | $108,989 | $16,500 |
| Sociology. | 367 | $52,832 | $13,917 |
| Public Health. | 361 | — | $13,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 339 | $58,736 | $11,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 333 | $116,259 | $17,375 |
| Human Services, General. | 264 | — | — |
— 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
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.