Bachelor's · Pomona, California
Is Criminology at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 14.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $42,204
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $15,091
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $40k (likely $40k – $56k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 14.5 years (likely 6.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$190k (likely −$262k – −$129k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$154k (likely −$259k – −$29k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 68%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
- Computer Science (Master's)$141,744
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$132,932
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$128,133
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$123,084
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$113,294
- Civil Engineering (Master's)$110,863
- Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering (Bachelor's)$106,171
- Construction Engineering Technology/Technician (Bachelor's)$105,812
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$103,924
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$103,494
- Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's)$102,849
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$100,673
Criminology at other schools in California
- University of Massachusetts Global$75,745
- University of California-Irvine$57,935
- Azusa Pacific University$55,720
- California State University-San Marcos$55,418
- California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt$55,174
- Mount Saint Mary's University$49,904
- California State University-Fresno$48,647
- University of La Verne$47,273
- California Lutheran University$42,198