College · Public · Carson, CA · City
California State University-Dominguez Hills
Carson, CA
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate93%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$9k
Undergrad size12,538
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $9k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 93% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
12,538 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $9k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$93k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$34k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$58k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $20.0k
- Room & board
- $18.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,152
How students pay for it.
Pell grants63%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans20%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$14k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$57k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out3%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 12,538
- Location
- Carson, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · large · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- CSUDH
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic71%
- Black13%
- Asian7%
- White4%
- Two or more races2%
- Unknown2%
- International1%
First-gen students59%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time23%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans1%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$20k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 58
What you can study.
- Blood Bank Technology Specialist$126k · 5-yr
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$123k · 5-yr
- Computer Science$97k · 5-yr
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other$77k · 5-yr
- Political Science and Government$72k · 5-yr
- Public Administration$65k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$62k · 5-yr
- Computer and Information Sciences$60k · 5-yr
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration$60k · 5-yr
- Psychology, Other$57k · 5-yr
- Community Organization and Advocacy$57k · 5-yr
- History$57k · 5-yr
- Organizational Communication$56k · 5-yr
- Health/Health Care Administration/Management$55k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$55k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$54k · 5-yr
- Psychology$51k · 5-yr
- Sociology$51k · 5-yr
- Biology/Biological Sciences$50k · 5-yr
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other$49k · 5-yr
- Art/Art Studies$45k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$44k · 5-yr
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies$43k · 5-yr
- English Language and Literature/Letters, Other$40k · 5-yr
- Radio and Television$40k · 5-yr
- Design and Visual Communications$40k · 5-yr
- Speech Communication and Rhetoric$39k · 5-yr
- French Language and Literature$31k · 5-yr
- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
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- Mathematicsearnings not reported
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- Musicearnings not reported