Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Golden Gate University

San Francisco, CA · 10 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$112,634Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$112,634Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
259Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

99thEarnings percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$91,336Year 1
$115,758Year 4
$112,634Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$135,1502Taxation · Master's Degree$134,9273Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies · Master's Degree$131,3664Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$123,7725Public Administration · Master's Degree$122,5986Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$120,3117Finance and Financial Management Services · Master's Degree$107,6948Law · First Professional Degree$96,079

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in CA

Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

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Claremont McKenna College

Annual net price
$28,849
Observed earnings · year 5
$108,186
Modeled 10-year ROI
+114%
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Stanford, CA

Stanford University

Annual net price
$13,807
Observed earnings · year 5
$132,900
Modeled 10-year ROI
+274%
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Pasadena, CA

California Institute of Technology

Annual net price
$16,075
Observed earnings · year 5
$136,775
Modeled 10-year ROI
+276%
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Oakland, CA

Northeastern University Oakland

Annual net price
$25,181
Observed earnings · year 5
$94,528
Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$135,150Not available
TaxationMaster's Degree$134,927Not available
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesMaster's Degree$131,366Not available
Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree$123,772Not available
Public AdministrationMaster's Degree$122,598Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesMaster's Degree$120,311Not available
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree$107,694Not available
LawFirst Professional Degree$96,079Not available
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$95,577Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$91,369$33,968

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.