Which Cal State Dominguez Hills major has the lowest debt?

Political Science graduates leave with a median of $10,268 in federal loans, the lowest among 25 Cal State Dominguez Hills bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Cal State Dominguez Hills cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $7,449 a year, and $20,049 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,615 a year.

How many Cal State Dominguez Hills programs report graduate pay?

25 bachelor's programs at Cal State Dominguez Hills report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Cal State Dominguez Hills Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

California State University-Dominguez Hills
Public university
Carson, CA
12,538 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

25 Cal State Dominguez Hills bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($110,626), and Kinesiology and Exercise Science the least ($25,349). The median program pays $36,092.

In-state tuition and fees$7,449Per year. Out-of-state $20,049

Average net price after aid$8,615Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 6 years

Admission rate93%Of applicants

All 25 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	NursingAbout 185 graduates a year	$110,626	$122,899	$18,750	10th of 35
2	Other BusinessAbout 21 graduates a year	$61,114	$76,693	$27,160	1st of 1
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 77 graduates a year	$49,916	$60,375	$18,750	14th of 18
4	Public AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$45,471	$65,441	$18,965	4th of 7
5	Health and Medical AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$44,584	$55,431	$18,250	4th of 6
6	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 44 graduates a year	$44,374	$126,318	$20,125	2nd of 2
7	Business AdministrationAbout 547 graduates a year	$43,905	$61,910	$15,250	42nd of 57
8	Community Organization and AdvocacyGraduates a year not reported	$41,991	$56,936	$16,500	1st of 2
9	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 81 graduates a year	$38,798	$56,022	$13,000	6th of 10
10	Other Health ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$37,856	$48,649	$13,000	1st of 1
11	MathematicsAbout 41 graduates a year	$37,568	Not reported	$21,310	15th of 23
12	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 17 graduates a year	$36,517	$39,894	$13,000	1st of 12
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 172 graduates a year	$36,092	$54,596	$12,256	9th of 20
14	Computer ScienceAbout 83 graduates a year	$34,482	$96,640	$18,750	39th of 39
15	SociologyAbout 224 graduates a year	$34,350	$50,994	$15,000	24th of 42
16	CommunicationsAbout 4 graduates a year	$34,015	$39,450	$17,043	27th of 39
17	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 161 graduates a year	$33,588	$42,981	$15,453	11th of 34
18	BiologyAbout 99 graduates a year	$31,479	$49,951	$16,043	30th of 47
19	Teacher EducationAbout 239 graduates a year	$29,840	$43,988	$12,000	11th of 18
20	PsychologyAbout 538 graduates a year	$29,727	$51,375	$13,625	30th of 54
21	HistoryAbout 24 graduates a year	$27,975	$56,749	$14,635	17th of 30
22	Other English StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$26,681	$40,433	$12,879	1st of 2
23	TheatreAbout 22 graduates a year	$25,920	Not reported	$13,164	2nd of 23
24	Political ScienceAbout 36 graduates a year	$25,837	$71,822	$10,268	42nd of 44
25	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 119 graduates a year	$25,349	$54,363	$17,318	25th of 31

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.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$110,626
Other Business$61,114
Computer and Information Science$49,916
Public Administration$45,471
Health and Medical Administration$44,584

Lowest median debt

Political Science$10,268
Teacher Education$12,000
Criminal Justice$12,256
Other English Studies$12,879
Public Relations and Advertising$13,000

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 547 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 538 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 239 graduates a year
SociologyAbout 224 graduates a year
NursingAbout 185 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $110,626 in their first year, the most of 25 Cal State Dominguez Hills 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