Master's · Davis, California
Is Public Health at University of California-Davis 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $63,611
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $85,722
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,372
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $29k (likely $29k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5.5 years (likely 3.3–12.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$54k (likely −$177k – $69k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $186k (likely −$86k – $488k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Touro University California$143,582
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- Los Angeles Pacific University$92,519
- Claremont Graduate University$91,103
- University of San Francisco$90,920
- California State University-Long Beach$88,743
- West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County$86,490
- University of California-Berkeley$86,225