Bachelor's · Camarillo, California
Is Mathematics at California State University-Channel Islands worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,759
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $75,863
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,049
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $36k (likely $36k – $49k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $36k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.5 years (likely 1.9–3.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $118k (likely $11k – $234k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $557k (likely $320k – $831k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 55%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$120,833
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$112,691
- Biotechnology (Master's)$110,845
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$100,887
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$77,497
- Economics (Bachelor's)$71,662
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$71,183
- Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy (Bachelor's)$67,558
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$62,384
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$59,332
- Chemistry (Bachelor's)$58,498
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$58,396
Mathematics at other schools in California
- University of California-Los Angeles$99,269
- Occidental College$88,080
- University of California-Santa Barbara$85,391
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$83,187
- University of California-Berkeley$80,654
- California State University-Fullerton$80,055
- University of California-San Diego$79,015
- California State University-Chico$77,891
- University of California-Irvine$77,472
- University of California-Davis$72,640