California State University-Stanislaus

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

California State University-Stanislaus operates as a public institution located in Turlock, California (suburb: small), with a total reported enrollment of 8,385 students of which 9,924 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-Stanislaus 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 98.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $6,067, with published in-state tuition of $8,246 and a Pell grant recipient share of 55.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,540, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 82.5%. Graduates earn a median of $63,188 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,793 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 301300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.2% 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.