California State
Polytechnic University-Pomona
Public College in Pomona, CA. Six-year graduation rate 68%. Median 10-year earnings $71,902.
Ten-year median earnings of $71,902 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 68% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $16,000 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 6.8% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.22 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Mobility score 6.8 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
75% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is large — 49,944 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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68% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The part-time picture is harder: 64% return, against 87% full-time. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 24,271 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $11,940 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $7,851 while those at $110k+ pay $20,716. About 70% get grants averaging $11,191, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 25% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 4,209 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,851 |
| $30–48k | $8,433 |
| $48–75k | $10,734 |
| $75–110k | $13,894 |
| $110k+ | $20,716 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,011 of these 24,271 students, totalling $38,925,665 — an average of $6,476 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)