Master's · Fullerton, California
Is Accounting and Related Services at California State University-Fullerton 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $82,641
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $105,051
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $35k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.8 years (likely 1.9–4.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $134k (likely $287 – $290k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $586k (likely $288k – $970k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at California State University-Fullerton
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's)$182,816
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral)$181,807
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$141,254
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$134,032
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$129,073
- Computer Science (Master's)$126,439
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$125,086
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$119,353
- Taxation (Master's)$117,922
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering (Master's)$113,715
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$108,857
- Civil Engineering (Master's)$108,826
Accounting and Related Services at other schools in California
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$134,105
- Golden Gate University$120,311
- University of California-Davis$108,771
- Saint Mary's College of California$107,437
- University of California-Irvine$104,422
- California State University-East Bay$103,608
- San Diego State University$103,392
- California State University-Long Beach$100,762
- Biola University$99,007
- California State University-Northridge$98,558