California State University Maritime Academy

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California State University Maritime Academy

California State University Maritime Academy operates as a public institution located in Vallejo, California (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 804 students of which 878 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 Maritime Academy is categorized as “22” 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 95.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $20,555, with published in-state tuition of $9,944 and a Pell grant recipient share of 25.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,965, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 63.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.5%. Graduates earn a median of $94,784 ten years after enrolling, compared with $84,676 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 38000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 91.5% 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.