“It really pays to look at outcomes and not be blinded by the brand name,” said Martin Van Der Werf of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Cal State graduates in that field from Chico, Long Beach, Fresno, Fullerton, Sacramento, San Francisco and San Luis Obispo earn more than $90,000 annually. That’s nearly the same as UCLA’s $128,131 and more than USC’s $115,102, as well as seven other UC campuses that offer the major, which combines software development with hardware design. While UC and top private campuses are flooded with applications, students’ post-graduation earnings can be as much - or more - with degrees from the more accessible California State University or California Community Colleges, depending on the field, data analyzing California institutions showed.Īmong computer engineering majors, for instance, San Jose State graduates earn a median $127,047 four years after graduation. The analysis comes amid growing scrutiny over the value of college degrees - and whether higher education is worth the rising costs. A UC Berkeley sociology major earns about $64,000 at that four-year snapshot and a UCLA graduate in history, about $47,900, according to a new analysis of federal data by the HEA Group, a research and consulting agency focused on college access.Īs millions of high school and college students graduate this month to pursue higher education or launch newly minted careers, the data highlight the powerful role that their majors play in determining post-graduate earnings regardless of the prestige of the institutions they attend. But his chosen field in the community college system will propel him to the top 5% of wage earners among recent California college graduates - outearning many who attended the most prestigious universities in the state and the nation.Ī Stanford University student graduating with a bachelor’s degree in political science makes a median annual income of $75,500 four years after graduation. He had to let go of his high school dream of attending a four-year university because of family finances. Once he becomes a journeyman in three to four years, he stands to make about $165,000 - and potentially much more with overtime. Elijah Calderon, after a yearlong training program at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, is poised to earn about $105,000 annually as a power lineman.
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