CIP 5202 · Master's Degree · Cal State LA

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Cal State LA

Federal outcomes for master's degree graduates of Cal State LA. 92 completers in the most recent 4-year window (76 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $129,508.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$129,508
California CIP-4 median $115,490
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$113,176
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$34,322
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
92
76 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at Cal State LA

3.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $34,322 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $129,508.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

4.0%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the California CIP 5202 peer-median earnings $115,490.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20152018$34,322
$38,668$26,52320152018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 2014201992
923620142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20152018+29%

Business Administration, Management and Operations at Cal State LA · debt_median rose

26,523 → 34,322

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,433,123
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 6
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 6year 0year 39
Cost per year
$5,373
HS-only baseline · CA
$41,880
Years to complete
6
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5202

Business Administration, Management and Operations across California institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all California Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

StanfordPEER$283,7610 gradsUC BerkeleyPEER$266,65115 gradsUCLAPEER$212,86931 gradsSanta Clara UniversityPEER$194,180221 gradsUSCPEER$192,109712 gradsSaint Mary's College of CaliforniaPEER$167,609131 gradsUC DavisPEER$161,2980 gradsUC San DiegoPEER$156,0329 gradsSan Jose StatePEER$151,76095 gradsUniversity of San FranciscoPEER$150,673106 gradsUC IrvinePEER$146,412175 gradsPepperdinePEER$142,013491 gradsCal State East BayPEER$135,829145 gradsNotre Dame de Namur UniversityPEER$133,79844 gradsGolden Gate UniversityPEER$131,690120 grads
Cal State LATHIS PROGRAM$129,50892 grads
University of San DiegoPEER$128,241161 gradsUniversity of the PacificPEER$125,7936 gradsClaremont Graduate UniversityPEER$124,75370 gradsSF StatePEER$124,03377 gradsChapman UniversityPEER$120,72083 gradsCal State Channel IslandsPEER$120,38631 gradsCalifornia State University Maritime AcademyPEER$120,30418 gradsCal State NorthridgePEER$116,80737 gradsFresno StatePEER$115,91281 gradsCal Poly PomonaPEER$115,70146 gradsCal State FullertonPEER$115,490137 gradsCalifornia Baptist UniversityPEER$112,524212 gradsMount Saint Mary's UniversityPEER$110,60722 gradsCal State San MarcosPEER$110,49675 gradsSan Diego StatePEER$108,004133 gradsSacramento StatePEER$107,931205 gradsCal State Monterey BayPEER$106,856150 gradsUniversity of Massachusetts GlobalPEER$104,795439 gradsUniversity of RedlandsPEER$102,523361 gradsCal State Dominguez HillsPEER$101,90638 gradsCal State Long BeachPEER$100,443135 gradsCal State StanislausPEER$100,40179 gradsUniversity of La VernePEER$100,049263 gradsCal State BakersfieldPEER$99,56796 gradsSonoma StatePEER$98,92362 gradsConcordia University-IrvinePEER$98,124108 gradsCal State San BernardinoPEER$97,472105 gradsPresidio Graduate SchoolPEER$95,869UC RiversidePEER$92,29184 gradsWoodbury UniversityPEER$91,70040 gradsNational UniversityPEER$90,586319 gradsAzusa Pacific UniversityPEER$87,02742 gradsPoint Loma Nazarene UniversityPEER$83,74996 gradsChico StatePEER$76,35622 gradsLa Sierra UniversityPEER$69,56714 gradsNorthcentral UniversityPEER$67,950275 gradsAshford UniversityPEER$65,2221,353 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →