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Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.

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Biology, bachelor's programs in California

Among 37 California bachelor's programs in Biology with federal earnings data, University of the Pacific graduates earn the highest median, $83,012 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $21,500. Loyola Marymount University follows at $80,317. The national median for bachelor's graduates in the same program is $57,214. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

Programs with data
37
Highest median
$83,012
National median
$57,214
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Biology, bachelor's programs in California: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
University of the Pacific$83,012+45%$21,500
Loyola Marymount University$80,317+40%$23,250
University of California, Berkeley$79,163+38%$13,000
San Francisco State University$74,204+30%$15,000
California State University-East Bay$74,010+29%$18,272
California State University-Chico$71,726+25%$17,600
California State University-San Marcos$70,789+24%$23,750
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$69,854+22%$23,000
University of San Francisco$69,440+21%$23,125
San Diego State University$68,861+20%$18,010
University of California-Davis$68,120+19%$13,000
University of Redlands$66,639+16%$26,040
University of California-Santa Cruz$65,036+14%$20,500
California Lutheran University$64,939+14%$22,587
University of California-Santa Barbara$64,520+13%$14,500
University of California-San Diego$64,437+13%$17,450
University of Southern California$63,125+10%$4,618
California State University-Channel Islands$62,384+9%$18,375
University of California, Los Angeles$61,804+8%$15,527
California State University-Sacramento$61,775+8%$14,900
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$61,688+8%$17,490
California State University-Long Beach$61,492+7%$12,994
Biola University$60,014+5%$25,000
University of California-Merced$59,249+4%$18,000
California State University-Stanislaus$59,229+4%$14,116

The 25 highest of 37 programs. Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Biology, General. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).