10-yr median earnings
$64,372
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Claremont, California
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont Graduate University is a private nonprofit institution in Claremont, California. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $64,372
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Claremont Graduate University posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 11%
- former-student earnings, US
Suburb: Large
Carnegie: R2
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Claremont Graduate University profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
A
College Value Score
88/100
Claremont Graduate University
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A
$64,372
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
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Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
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Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
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Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
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Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
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First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Claremont Graduate University vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Claremont Graduate University ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Claremont Graduate University: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$64,372 Top 11% higher than 89% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Claremont Graduate University | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $64,372 | #552 of 5103 | 89th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
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Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$64,372
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Claremont Graduate University ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Claremont Graduate University | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $64,372 | #90 of 493 | 82nd |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 90 | Claremont Graduate UniversityThis school | $64,372 | - |
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $64,372 |
Programs & Earnings
Field-of-study summary by credential
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Master's | 6 | 134 | $79,410 | $91,103 | $109,158 |
| Doctoral | 5 | 77 | $96,983 | $118,456 | $128,462 |
| Graduate Certificate | 1 | 20 | - | - | - |
Top programs at Claremont Graduate University by completer earnings
Median earnings of program completers, College Scorecard field-of-study file
- Psychology, General
Psychology, General
$118,456 median earnings
- Education, General
Education, General
$118,397 median earnings
- Public Health
Public Health
$91,103 median earnings
- Teacher Education and Prof…
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
$80,974 median earnings
- Psychology, General
Psychology, General
$80,672 median earnings
- Arts, Entertainment, and M…
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
$64,890 median earnings
- Religion/Religious Studies
Religion/Religious Studies
$54,096 median earnings
What this shows The highest-earning programs at a school are not necessarily its most popular ones - a small specialized program can post strong median earnings without reflecting the outcome most students here actually see.
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General | Doctoral | 19 | $118,456 | $98,030 |
| Education, General | Doctoral | 30 | $118,397 | $98,011 |
| Public Health | Master's | 23 | $91,103 | $92,618 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Master's | 39 | $80,974 | - |
| Psychology, General | Master's | 0 | $80,672 | $120,011 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management | Master's | 12 | $64,890 | $111,162 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Doctoral | 9 | $54,096 | $189,344 |
| Political Science and Government | Doctoral | 14 | - | - |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Master's | 19 | - | $111,000 |
| Music | Doctoral | 5 | - | - |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's | 41 | - | $111,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Graduate Certificate | 20 | - | - |
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Claremont Graduate University? ▼
Claremont Graduate University is a private nonprofit institution in Claremont, California.
How much do Claremont Graduate University former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Claremont Graduate University who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $64,372 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.