COLLEGE SCORECARD · JUNE 10, 2026 FEATURED RELEASEOUTCOMES ARE COHORT MEASURES—NOT A RANKING OR GUARANTEE
COLLEGE OUTCOMELEDGERCOST · COMPLETION · DEBT · EARNINGS
FIELD 50.09 · UNITID 110608BACHELOR'S DEGREE

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-NORTHRIDGE

Music

Published outcomes for this field-and-credential combination—not every graduate, every campus, or a forecast of an individual's result.

Median earnings$40,669working, not enrolled · 4 years
Median debt$15,933Stafford + Grad PLUS · all schools
Working graduates101four-year earnings cohort
Two-year awards226IPEDS pooled debt-cohort years
Not a return-on-investment calculation.

Annual earnings and cumulative debt describe separate federal measures. The debt-to-earnings percentage below is a descriptive scale comparison only; it is not a payment ratio or payback period.

01 / SAME-FIELD CONTEXT

Where this record sits

Four-year earnings percentile35thhigher than about 35% of published same-field, same-credential peers
Debt position95%lower median debt than about 95% of published peers

Peer group: 20 institution-program records meeting the 75-working-graduate threshold with non-suppressed earnings and debt.

02 / PEER RECORDS

Same field and credential

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Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, TX · Bachelor's Degree$57,043 earnings · $27,816 debtUniversity of North TexasDenton, TX · Bachelor's Degree$55,705 earnings · $24,456 debtUniversity of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, MA · Bachelor's Degree$53,384 earnings · $27,000 debtStephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, TX · Bachelor's Degree$52,341 earnings · $27,000 debtTexas State UniversitySan Marcos, TX · Bachelor's Degree$52,320 earnings · $26,241 debtMontclair State UniversityMontclair, NJ · Bachelor's Degree$50,418 earnings · $27,000 debtRowan UniversityGlassboro, NJ · Bachelor's Degree$47,208 earnings · $26,500 debtUniversity of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, CO · Bachelor's Degree$46,532 earnings · $27,000 debtFlorida State UniversityTallahassee, FL · Bachelor's Degree$44,454 earnings · $23,992 debtUniversity of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI · Bachelor's Degree$43,777 earnings · $19,397 debtRider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · Bachelor's Degree$43,753 earnings · $27,000 debtUniversity of HartfordWest Hartford, CT · Bachelor's Degree$43,700 earnings · $27,000 debtColumbia College ChicagoChicago, IL · Bachelor's Degree$40,734 earnings · $27,000 debtCalifornia State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, CA · Bachelor's Degree$40,669 earnings · $15,933 debtFull Sail UniversityWinter Park, FL · Bachelor's Degree$39,466 earnings · $30,999 debtBerklee College of MusicBoston, MA · Bachelor's Degree$38,617 earnings · $24,979 debtBelmont UniversityNashville, TN · Bachelor's Degree$36,866 earnings · $25,988 debtUniversity of RochesterRochester, NY · Bachelor's Degree$34,888 earnings · $26,769 debt
03 / RETURN TO INSTITUTION

California State University-Northridge

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