Public policy & social services

Community Organization and Advocacy

California State University-Fullerton · Fullerton, CA

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$18,953Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,988Same subject at 6 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$33,290
Same subject · national$33,993
Public policy & social services · national$32,711

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $32,798–$34,962.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
University of ArizonaPublic Administration$36,272
University of Cincinnati-Main CampusSocial Work$32,213
George Mason UniversityPublic Administration, Social Work$39,797
University of UtahSocial Work$33,192
University of KansasPublic Administration, Social Work$36,466
University of OregonHuman Services, General, Public Administration$33,388
Montclair State UniversitySocial Work$32,925
University of IowaSocial Work$32,772
Ohio University-Main CampusSocial Work$32,806
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsSocial Work$34,330
Appalachian State UniversitySocial Work$34,526
West Virginia UniversitySocial Work$30,616
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗