California State University-Dominguez Hills

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California State University-Dominguez Hills

California State University-Dominguez Hills operates as a public institution located in Carson, California (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 12,538 students of which 14,280 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. California State University-Dominguez Hills is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 93.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $8,615, with published in-state tuition of $7,449 and a Pell grant recipient share of 63.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,807, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 44.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.7%. Graduates earn a median of $57,162 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,827 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 471400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.