unitid 119605 · San Diego, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
National University
- enrollment 2023
- 29,451
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
10,794
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
29%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
43%
finish within 150% time
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$33,978
29th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$22,878
after aid, aided students
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$67,548
after entry, Title IV students
81st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th pctl among private nonprofit 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 $21,554 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k37%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k12%
- 110k+18%
- Median family income
- $31,188
- First-generation students
- 44%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $13,284
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology. | 1,093 | $75,317 | — |
| Education, General. | 653 | $80,284 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 294 | $90,586 | — |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 288 | $80,098 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 243 | $108,119 | $37,375 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 229 | $80,788 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 214 | $70,412 | $26,818 |
| Psychology, General. | 172 | $56,955 | $31,250 |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research. | 150 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 142 | $63,201 | $10,008 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 108 | $104,236 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 103 | $57,213 | $28,014 |
— 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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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.