Bachelor's · San Bernardino, California
Is Design and Applied Arts at California State University-San Bernardino 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $39,853
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $45,616
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $18k (likely $17k – $24k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $6k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.8 years (likely 3.6–13.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$142k (likely −$208k – −$87k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$53k (likely −$164k – $72k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
Change income, residency or loans Compare Design and Applied Arts at other schools
Other majors at California State University-San Bernardino
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$120,901
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$118,120
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$109,499
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$109,028
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,492
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$92,057
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$90,729
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$90,142
- Public Administration (Master's)$85,338
- Social Work (Master's)$81,476
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$79,868
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$74,845
Design and Applied Arts at other schools in California
- University of Southern California$89,022
- Northeastern University Oakland$87,336
- Chapman University$78,121
- Art Center College of Design$76,093
- University of Redlands$75,374
- Laguna College of Art and Design$68,934
- Interior Designers Institute$67,473
- California State University-Long Beach$66,435
- University of California-Santa Cruz$66,333
- University of California-Los Angeles$66,259