+22%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona rose 22% between 2007 and 2010 ($9.0k → $11.0k).
California · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Cal Poly Pomona
Pomona, California. 24,271 undergraduate students. 92 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Cal Poly Pomona
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
+18%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona rose 18% between 2021 and 2024 (28.4% → 33.7%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$71,902+32% · 6→10y
California median $42,588$54,466
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry66.7%+89% · '97→'24
California median 61.3%$13,437+80% · '97→'10
At program completion24,271+25% · '96→'10
latest IPEDS88.1%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time73.7%+7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$7,439+333% · '00→'24
out-of-state $19,319SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.5%Median federal debt $13,437 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $71,902 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+89%
Cal Poly Pomona · completion · 150% rose
36.1% → 68.4%
+455%
Cal Poly Pomona · completion · 100% rose
6.1% → 33.7%
+25%
Cal Poly Pomona · undergrad enrollment rose
14,874 → 18,647
+333%
Cal Poly Pomona · in-state tuition rose
$1,795 → $7,780
+122%
Cal Poly Pomona · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,175 → $20,380
+80%
Cal Poly Pomona · median debt rose
$6,125 → $10,999
-100%
Cal Poly Pomona · cohort default rate fell
4.4% → 0.0%
+44%
Cal Poly Pomona · pell share rose
32.1% → 46.3%
+25%
Cal Poly Pomona · earnings_median_8yr rose
$51,100 → $64,008
+28%
Cal Poly Pomona · earnings_median_6yr rose
$42,600 → $54,466
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$124,574Civil Engineering.$117,917Business Administration, Management and Operations.$115,701Construction Engineering Technologies.$111,388Computer Science.$107,324Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$106,684Chemical Engineering.$103,640Computer Engineering.$102,133Mechanical Engineering.$101,659Engineering Technology, General.$100,306Civil Engineering.$99,934Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$97,066Industrial Engineering.$95,032Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$93,446Manufacturing Engineering.$93,335Education, General.$85,347Biotechnology.$80,268Architecture.$76,979Food Science and Technology.$75,173Landscape Architecture.$74,877Economics.$74,722Physics.$74,433Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,509City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning.$71,392
Showing top 24 of 52 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
52 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
Civil Engineering.$99,934Mechanical Engineering.$101,659Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$106,684Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$97,066Computer Engineering.$102,133Industrial Engineering.$95,032Chemical Engineering.$103,640Manufacturing Engineering.$93,335Civil Engineering.$117,917Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$124,574
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES · CIP 38
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
AREA, ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES · CIP 05
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Cal Poly Pomona graduates earn $X” — not “Cal Poly Pomona makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Cal Poly Pomona caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.