California State University-Sacramento

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

California State University-Sacramento operates as a public institution located in Sacramento, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 28,350 students of which 33,342 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-Sacramento 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 94.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $9,338, with published in-state tuition of $8,018 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $15,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 81.9%. Graduates earn a median of $64,876 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,074 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 911700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 69.0% 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.