Master's · Moraga, California
Is Accounting and Related Services at Saint Mary's College of California 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 fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $115,400
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $34,704
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $37k (likely $37k – $37k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $47k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.6 years (likely 1.0–2.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $267k (likely $62k – $500k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $808k (likely $383k – $1.32M)
- 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 Saint Mary's College of California
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$161,500
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Master's)$108,918
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$107,570
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$90,166
- Dance (Master's)$89,283
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$86,092
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$81,166
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$80,262
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$73,293
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$70,123
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$68,501
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$66,265
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
- 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
- California State University-Fullerton$97,802