California State
University-East Bay
Public Research University in Hayward, CA. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $71,401.
Students who entered California State University-East Bay reach a median of $71,401 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 48%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $16,544, neither a bargain nor a burden. On economic mobility, 4.3% 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 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
California State University-East Bay admits 97% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. With 11,867 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. A 7% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class.
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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Completion is middling: 48% finish inside six years. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 22:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 10,422 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $9,850 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $6,360 at the $0–30k band to $19,397 at $110k+. 66% of students receive grant aid, averaging $11,435 — common but not automatic. About 26% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 975 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 | $6,360 |
| $30–48k | $7,031 |
| $48–75k | $8,990 |
| $75–110k | $12,015 |
| $110k+ | $19,397 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,757 of these 10,422 students, totalling $20,266,344 — an average of $7,351 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Alameda 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)