Master's · Chico, California
Is Psychology, General at California State University-Chico 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 6.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,144
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $80,559
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $35,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $38k (likely $38k – $38k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $12k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.6 years (likely 3.8–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$92k (likely −$203k – $26k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $95k (likely −$158k – $362k)
- 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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Psychology, General at other schools in California
- San Diego State University$111,549
- California State University-Fresno$90,681
- Claremont Graduate University$80,672
- California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt$79,429
- Antioch University-Los Angeles$79,347
- Antioch University-Santa Barbara$79,347
- University of Massachusetts Global$73,213
- California State University-Sacramento$72,365
- National University$71,001
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$69,419