10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$79,436at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA · 47 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 40 · Federal debt reported for 26
Based onObserved earnings + college priceEstimate10-year payoff
Estimated 10-year payoff
Positive payoff
+$79,436 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
8.1 yrsTime to earn back the modeled cost
+23%Estimated return after 10 years
$87,516Observed earnings · year 5
$61,290Highest annual price before payoff reaches $0
The price benchmark is $19,859 per year below this threshold.
Start with your question
What do you want to understand?
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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 STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $17,100 housing and food allowance plus $7,166 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
PRICE SENSITIVITY
The price can change the verdict.
Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.
← Negative payoff$0Positive payoff →
$0Annual price+$245,160
$18,000Annual price+$173,160
$36,000Annual price+$101,160
$41,000Current college-wide context+$81,160
$54,000Annual price+$29,160
$72,000Annual price−$42,840
$90,000Annual price−$114,840
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Online study is a meaningful part of the student experience.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Western Association of Schools and Colleges Senior Colleges and University Commission
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in California run 11% above the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
$41,431Average net price / year
$80,141Cost of attendance
$23,000Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$244/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$87,516Median earnings · year 5 after completion
70.1%Completion rate
61.7%Admission rate
1,295Average SAT score
29ACT midpoint
5,287Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about University of San Francisco
What does University of San Francisco cost?
University of San Francisco reports an average annual net price of $41,431 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.
What do University of San Francisco graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $87,516 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do University of San Francisco graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $23,000. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at University of San Francisco worth the same?
No. The current release contains 47 field-and-degree records for University of San Francisco; 40 report year-4 earnings and 26 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
10,180Students enrolled at any point
5,810Undergraduate students
4,370Graduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
76% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
712 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
71% making progress in repayment after three yearsStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$82,790Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$93,765Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$92,260Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income64%
Middle income77%
Higher income77%
Undergraduate student composition
White22%
Black8%
Hispanic22%
Asian27%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$59,470Year 1
$91,483Year 4
$87,516Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Doctoral Degree$201,5452Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Master's Degree$186,7323Data Processing · Master's Degree$167,6054Computer and Information Sciences, General · Master's Degree$155,1255Human Resources Management and Services · Master's Degree$153,0586Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$150,3417Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$147,4828Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$143,796Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Human Resources Management and ServicesMaster's Degree · $153,058 reported+83%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt2Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree · $143,356 reported+61%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt3Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $104,390 reported+53%vs same-degree national median$24,602federal debt4Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree · $186,732 reported+50%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral Degree · $201,545 reported+46%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree · $150,341 reported+40%vs same-degree national median$22,792federal debt
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.
Los Angeles, CA
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Annual net price
- $35,558
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $85,673
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +26%
Dominican University of California
- Annual net price
- $35,333
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $92,526
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +48%
University of Southern California
- Annual net price
- $32,740
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $91,408
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +49%
University of San Diego
- Annual net price
- $30,365
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $82,964
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +26%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing the 40 highest-earning records from 47 field-and-degree records. Use the program directory to search the complete set.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Doctoral Degree | $201,545 | Not available | 24 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Master's Degree | $186,732 | Not available | Not reported |
| Data Processing | Master's Degree | $167,605 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Master's Degree | $155,125 | Not available | Not reported |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Master's Degree | $153,058 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $150,341 | $22,792 | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $147,482 | Not available | 2 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $143,796 | Not available | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $143,356 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | $136,623 | Not available | 0 |
| Law | Doctoral Degree | $120,485 | Not available | 115 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $104,390 | $24,602 | Not reported |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $103,605 | $24,347 | Not reported |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Master's Degree | $102,274 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | $99,141 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $95,973 | $24,660 | Not reported |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $93,712 | $21,500 | Not reported |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $91,815 | $21,500 | Not reported |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $90,920 | Not available | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | $89,791 | Not available | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | $88,276 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $81,285 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Master's Degree | $80,184 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | Master's Degree | $78,521 | Not available | Not reported |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $77,757 | $19,500 | Not reported |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | $77,060 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $72,263 | $23,000 | Not reported |
| Education, General | Master's Degree | $71,516 | Not available | Not reported |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $71,471 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Master's Degree | $71,273 | Not available | Not reported |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | $69,564 | Not available | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $69,440 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $68,592 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Museology/Museum Studies | Master's Degree | $68,582 | Not available | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $65,071 | $24,315 | Not reported |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $61,883 | $25,000 | Not reported |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $59,387 | $24,508 | Not reported |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | $53,369 | $23,125 | Not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $49,788 | $26,500 | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $49,684 | $26,000 | Not reported |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
Search every University of San Francisco program record →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.