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Bachelor's · Los Angeles, California

Is Real Estate Development at University of Southern California 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 3.2 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$86,925
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$115,245
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$12,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$140k (likely $140k – $181k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$75k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
3.2 years (likely 2.8–3.9)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$378k (likely $249k – $505k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.26M (likely $977k – $1.58M)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
90%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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🏗️ Getting ready in high school

Students heading toward engineering & architecture majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Calculus AB or BC
  • AP Physics 1
  • AP Physics C: Mechanics
  • AP Chemistry

IB Higher Level

  • Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL
  • Physics HL

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