Master's · San Francisco, California
Is Human Resources Management and Services at Golden Gate University 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
- $90,470
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $132,946
- 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
- $64k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.8 years (likely 1.3–2.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $395k (likely $253k – $562k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.16M (likely $837k – $1.58M)
- 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 Golden Gate University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$135,150
- Taxation (Master's)$134,927
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$131,366
- Public Administration (Master's)$122,598
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$120,311
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$111,252
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$107,694
- Law (First professional)$96,079
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$95,577
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$91,369
Human Resources Management and Services at other schools in California
- University of San Francisco$153,058
- Pepperdine University$123,307
- University of Southern California$116,471
- Alliant International University-San Diego$89,459
- University of Massachusetts Global$88,158
- University of La Verne$86,184
- National University$81,583
- Azusa Pacific University$77,902
- DeVry University-California$75,225
- Northcentral University$66,156