-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of California College of the Law-San Francisco fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.1% → 0.0%).
California · Public · Predominantly graduate
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco
San Francisco, California. 3 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of California College of the Law-San Francisco
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.
-55%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at University of California College of the Law-San Francisco fell 55% between 2007 and 2010 ($10.6k → $4.8k).
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.
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California median $42,588—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—
California median 61.3%—-55% · '07→'10
At program completion—
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 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.
Median federal student debt at exit.
-55%
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco · median debt fell
$10,600 → $4,800
-100%
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco · cohort default rate fell
2.0% → 0.0%
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.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
1 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
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
“University of California College of the Law-San Francisco graduates earn $X” — not “University of California College of the Law-San Francisco makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of California College of the Law-San Francisco 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.