College · Public · Vallejo, CA · City
California State University Maritime Academy
Vallejo, CA
Admit rate95%
6-yr median pay$85k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size804
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $85k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 95% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
804 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $30k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$119k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$82k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$37k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $9.9k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $22.5k
- Room & board
- $14.5k
- Books & supplies
- $1,029
How students pay for it.
Pell grants25%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans39%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr60%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$85k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$95k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out7%
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
- 804
- Location
- Vallejo, CA
- Region
- Far West (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Also known as
- California State University Maritime Academy
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White48%
- Hispanic22%
- Two or more races9%
- Asian9%
- Unknown5%
- Black4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students20%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$64k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 8
What you can study.