Bachelor's · San Bernardino, California
Is Chemistry at California State University-San Bernardino 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 1.8 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,849
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,202
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $18k (likely $17k – $24k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $29k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.8 years (likely 1.2–2.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $68k (likely −$34k – $166k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $417k (likely $205k – $650k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 53%
- 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 University-San Bernardino
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$120,901
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$118,120
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$109,499
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$109,028
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$92,492
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$92,057
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$90,729
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$90,142
- Public Administration (Master's)$85,338
- Social Work (Master's)$81,476
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$79,868
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$74,845
Chemistry at other schools in California
- University of California-Berkeley$82,386
- California State University-Northridge$79,878
- University of California-San Diego$77,249
- University of California-Irvine$74,810
- University of California-Santa Barbara$74,713
- San Diego State University$74,676
- California State University-Sacramento$74,430
- California State University-Stanislaus$73,392
- University of California-Davis$73,365
- University of California-Los Angeles$72,220