unitid 110617 · Sacramento, CA · public 4-year · city (large)
California State University-Sacramento
- enrollment 2023
- 36,945
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
94%
82nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
28,350
93rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
49%
undergrads on Pell grants
86th pctl among public 4-years
completion
56%
finish within 150% time
72nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,945
53rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$9,338
after aid, aided students
28th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$64,876
after entry, Title IV students
85th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$15,000
30th 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 $6,501 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
- 0-30k39%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k10%
- 110k+11%
- Median family income
- $27,217
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,018
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.3× 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. | 1,005 | $68,332 | $13,750 |
| Psychology, General. | 636 | $55,115 | $15,500 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 539 | $63,820 | $13,745 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 424 | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 416 | $66,096 | $14,449 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 400 | $63,101 | $15,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 318 | $61,913 | $18,129 |
| Biology, General. | 307 | $67,859 | $15,019 |
| Sociology. | 301 | $58,159 | $16,100 |
| Computer Science. | 267 | $108,027 | $15,625 |
| Social Work. | 186 | $56,867 | $18,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 181 | $138,606 | $19,000 |
— 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.