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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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Education, master's programs in California

Among 31 California master's programs in Education with federal earnings data, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona graduates earn the highest median, $95,883 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $20,407. California State University-San Marcos follows at $95,348. The national median for master's graduates in the same program is $65,824. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

Programs with data
31
Highest median
$95,883
National median
$65,824
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Education, master'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)
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$95,883+46%$20,407
California State University-San Marcos$95,348+45%$20,936
California State University-Bakersfield$92,010+40%—
University of Massachusetts Global$91,710+39%$20,500
University of San Diego$91,474+39%$33,705
California State University-East Bay$91,220+39%—
Stanford University$88,065+34%$32,500
Sonoma State University$87,304+33%—
California State University-Los Angeles$84,668+29%$29,525
California State University-Stanislaus$84,580+28%$21,000
California Baptist University$83,297+27%$32,157
University of California, Los Angeles$80,698+23%$33,087
California State University-Monterey Bay$80,296+22%$16,750
Azusa Pacific University$80,114+22%$49,325
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$79,570+21%—
Whittier College$79,462+21%$37,098
California State University-Dominguez Hills$77,851+18%$20,500
National University$77,748+18%$41,000
Point Loma Nazarene University$77,441+18%$42,924
University of California-Riverside$77,408+18%$25,601
Biola University$76,309+16%$19,797
University of California-Santa Barbara$75,874+15%—
San Francisco State University$75,757+15%$26,500
Loyola Marymount University$73,998+12%$48,414
University of California-San Diego$73,566+12%$31,045

The 25 highest of 31 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: Education, 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).