Which Cal Poly Pomona major has the lowest debt?

Anthropology graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 44 Cal Poly Pomona bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Cal Poly Pomona cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,780 a year, and $20,380 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,531 a year.

How many Cal Poly Pomona programs report graduate pay?

45 bachelor's programs at Cal Poly Pomona report first-year pay, and 44 of them also report federal debt.

Cal Poly Pomona Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Public university
Pomona, CA
25,042 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

45 Cal Poly Pomona bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Construction Engineering Technology pays the most in the first year ($87,960), and Music the least ($20,887). The median program pays $40,884.

In-state tuition and fees$7,780Per year. Out-of-state $20,380

Average net price after aid$11,531Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate75%Of applicants

All 45 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
1	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$87,960	$111,388	$16,067	3rd of 6
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 127 graduates a year	$80,827	$106,684	$18,812	6th of 21
3	Manufacturing EngineeringAbout 36 graduates a year	$79,549	$93,335	$17,083	1st of 1
4	Aerospace EngineeringAbout 126 graduates a year	$78,320	$97,066	$26,295	3rd of 9
5	Civil EngineeringAbout 304 graduates a year	$75,758	$99,934	$16,500	6th of 20
6	Industrial EngineeringAbout 41 graduates a year	$75,110	$95,032	$25,000	4th of 4
7	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 216 graduates a year	$75,040	$101,659	$17,455	11th of 26
8	Computer EngineeringAbout 117 graduates a year	$70,768	$102,133	$20,250	13th of 19
9	Chemical EngineeringAbout 96 graduates a year	$69,009	$103,640	$21,812	4th of 10
10	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$68,815	$93,446	$14,572	2nd of 3
11	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 53 graduates a year	$64,243	Not reported	$24,354	2nd of 3
12	PhysicsAbout 27 graduates a year	$64,045	$74,433	$23,000	1st of 11
13	Computer ScienceAbout 265 graduates a year	$60,740	$107,324	$16,500	25th of 39
14	BiotechnologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$60,697	$80,268	$18,500	1st of 4
15	ArchitectureAbout 120 graduates a year	$57,514	$76,979	$28,000	2nd of 5
16	Food ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$51,883	$75,173	$17,498	4th of 5
17	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 19 graduates a year	$49,406	Not reported	$19,375	1st of 10
18	Landscape ArchitectureAbout 80 graduates a year	$47,253	$74,877	$20,893	2nd of 3
19	Business AdministrationAbout 1,523 graduates a year	$46,581	$72,509	$15,808	37th of 57
20	Plant ScienceAbout 33 graduates a year	$46,152	$51,269	$13,500	3rd of 6
21	Urban and Regional PlanningAbout 60 graduates a year	$45,960	$71,392	$15,292	2nd of 2
22	ChemistryAbout 97 graduates a year	$43,294	$65,641	$23,750	14th of 23
23	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 34 graduates a year	$40,884	$63,425	$21,250	2nd of 6
24	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$40,253	$53,756	$13,486	3rd of 21
25	EconomicsAbout 56 graduates a year	$39,836	$74,722	$11,858	29th of 35
26	Agricultural BusinessAbout 31 graduates a year	$38,272	$65,673	$20,500	4th of 4
27	Apparel and TextilesAbout 69 graduates a year	$38,262	$53,977	$11,764	1st of 4
28	Animal ScienceAbout 149 graduates a year	$37,349	$56,089	$15,550	2nd of 5
29	GeographyAbout 36 graduates a year	$35,426	$65,411	$15,826	7th of 13
30	BiologyAbout 214 graduates a year	$35,334	$61,718	$18,000	15th of 47
31	Nutrition ScienceAbout 73 graduates a year	$34,384	Not reported	$17,250	4th of 9
32	Hospitality ManagementAbout 208 graduates a year	$33,930	$49,890	$15,000	6th of 7
33	CommunicationsAbout 177 graduates a year	$32,852	$58,684	$14,267	31st of 39
34	Other EducationAbout 113 graduates a year	$31,250	Not reported	$12,200	2nd of 3
35	SociologyAbout 238 graduates a year	$30,432	$57,178	$13,300	32nd of 42
36	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 116 graduates a year	$30,065	$52,064	$21,160	18th of 27
37	MathematicsAbout 84 graduates a year	$29,697	$66,222	$15,038	20th of 23
38	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 175 graduates a year	$28,364	$60,038	$15,000	14th of 31
39	Political ScienceAbout 95 graduates a year	$28,119	$55,117	$15,000	40th of 44
40	AnthropologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$27,750	$47,764	$11,000	12th of 22
41	Romance LanguagesAbout 22 graduates a year	$27,657	Not reported	Not reported	15th of 23
42	PsychologyAbout 360 graduates a year	$26,845	$51,985	$13,000	48th of 54
43	HistoryAbout 82 graduates a year	$25,728	$57,294	$15,000	21st of 30
44	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 170 graduates a year	$25,168	$49,335	$13,750	27th of 34
45	MusicAbout 50 graduates a year	$20,887	$48,450	$18,000	14th of 24

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Construction Engineering Technology$87,960
Electrical Engineering$80,827
Manufacturing Engineering$79,549
Aerospace Engineering$78,320
Civil Engineering$75,758

Lowest median debt

Anthropology$11,000
Apparel and Textiles$11,764
Economics$11,858
Other Education$12,200
Psychology$13,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 1,523 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 360 graduates a year
Civil EngineeringAbout 304 graduates a year
Computer ScienceAbout 265 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 238 graduates a year

Common questions

Construction Engineering Technology graduates earn a median of $87,960 in their first year, the most of 45 Cal Poly Pomona bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels