Bachelor's · Arcata, California
Is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt 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 6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,372
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $53,390
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,697
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $60k (likely $58k – $83k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6 years (likely 3.4–14.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$127k (likely −$216k – −$35k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$23k (likely −$168k – $148k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 44%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt
- Forestry (Bachelor's)$79,849
- Psychology, General (Master's)$79,429
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (Bachelor's)$78,225
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Master's)$77,785
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$74,620
- Social Work (Master's)$74,253
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Master's)$72,162
- Economics (Bachelor's)$61,175
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,005
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$57,953
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$55,707
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$55,222
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools in California
- University of the Pacific$171,261
- University of California-Berkeley$87,791
- University of California-Los Angeles$75,504
- California Lutheran University$70,409
- University of California-Irvine$60,242
- Claremont McKenna College$59,984
- University of Southern California$59,455
- California Institute of Integral Studies$59,036
- San Diego State University$55,072
- University of California-Riverside$54,090