University of California, San Francisco
⌖ San Francisco, CA · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
Payoff needs a reliable price
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
Use the earnings evidence below, then enter your own net price in the calculator for a personal estimate.
What the numbers say about University of California, San Francisco
What does University of California, San Francisco cost?
The current federal record does not provide a reliable average net price for University of California, San Francisco.
What do University of California, San Francisco graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $155,167 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do University of California, San Francisco graduates have?
Median federal debt for completer borrowers is not reportable in the current record.
Is every degree at University of California, San Francisco worth the same?
No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 12 field-and-credential outcomes at University of California, San Francisco; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.
No payoff curve is shown.
Observed year-5 earnings are available, but the current federal record does not provide a usable institution-wide average net price.
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Main award level
- Graduate degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Not reported
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- Land-grant institution
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
Reported earnings over time
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies · Master's Degree$262,3942Health and Medical Administrative Services · Master's Degree$192,1593Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration · First Professional Degree$179,5234Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies · Graduate/Professional Certificate$174,6795Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences · Graduate/Professional Certificate$159,5476Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$159,2297Dentistry · First Professional Degree$152,3238Public Policy Analysis · Master's Degree$124,169Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
Comparable colleges in CA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
Ohlone College
- Annual net price
- $11,130
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $126,289
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +262%
Contra Costa College
- Annual net price
- $9,490
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $103,363
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +168%
Cal Poly Maritime Academy
- Annual net price
- $20,555
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $108,075
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +141%
University of California, Berkeley
- Annual net price
- $13,481
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $95,520
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +116%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | Master's Degree | $262,394 | Not available | 0 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Master's Degree | $192,159 | Not available | Not reported |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration | First Professional Degree | $179,523 | Not available | Not reported |
| Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $174,679 | Not available | Not reported |
| Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $159,547 | Not available | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $159,229 | Not available | 48 |
| Dentistry | First Professional Degree | $152,323 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Policy Analysis | Master's Degree | $124,169 | Not available | Not reported |
| Medicine | First Professional Degree | $112,089 | Not available | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Doctoral Degree | $96,962 | Not available | 22 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | First Professional Degree | $96,225 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $84,632 | Not available | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.