Northcentral University
San Diego, California · Website
$48,414
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$48,414
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Northcentral University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in San Diego, California with 60 undergraduates and 9,429 graduate students. Former students earn a median $48,414 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $12,500 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
-
Completion rate
-
Median debt
$12,500
About $133 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$48,414
Rank 1,609 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 38%
- Students with federal loans
- 45%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Undergraduates
- 60
- Graduate students
- 9,429
- Part-time students
- 85%
- Women
- 78%
- Students per teacher
- 1
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 51
- Endowment
- $101.8M
- Other
- Online only
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,609 of 5,094 US colleges and 174 of 494 in California (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | CA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $20,161 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $8,086 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 76% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 64% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | - | 80% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $12,500 | $11,537 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $46,759 | $36,048 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $48,414 | $41,472 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 33% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 72% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
51 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education, GeneralOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 310 | $72,765 | $71,811 | $80,493 | $87,373 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 216 | $50,963 | $45,211 | $57,016 | $59,571 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 174 | $79,172 | $96,209 | $105,744 | $113,566 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyOnlineMaster's | Master's | 161 | $30,160 | $45,417 | $52,083 | $65,184 |
| Education, GeneralOnlineMaster's | Master's | 159 | $36,166 | $53,054 | $59,632 | $65,824 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsOnlineMaster's | Master's | 128 | $37,054 | $60,729 | $73,426 | $103,485 |
| Education, GeneralOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 113 | $42,085 | $49,816 | $61,131 | $69,448 |
| Psychology, GeneralOnlineMaster's | Master's | 84 | $40,548 | $47,483 | $59,004 | $64,711 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyOnlineMaster's | Master's | 59 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Psychology, GeneralOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 54 | $84,513 | $80,136 | $85,657 | $98,707 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 42 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $100,573 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 28 | $35,490 | Withheld | Withheld | $60,655 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 27 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $77,066 |
| Psychology, GeneralOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 26 | $36,966 | Withheld | Withheld | $62,083 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionOnlineMaster's | Master's | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $71,685 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 23 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Psychology, GeneralOnlineBachelor's | Bachelor's | 17 | $11,962 | Withheld | Withheld | $50,706 |
| Social WorkOnlineMaster's | Master's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralOnlineMaster's | Master's | 15 | $32,688 | $78,410 | Withheld | $124,201 |
| LawOnlineProfessional | Professional | 15 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementOnlineMaster's | Master's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Data ProcessingOnlineMaster's | Master's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Curriculum and InstructionOnlineMaster's | Master's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much do Northcentral University graduates earn?
$48,414 a year is the median pay of former Northcentral University students who work, 10 years after they started ($46,759 after 6 years). That ranks 1,609 of 5,094 US colleges and 174 of 494 in California. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Business Administration, Management and Operations (Doctoral) at $96,209.
How much student debt do Northcentral University graduates have?
$12,500 is the median federal student loan debt of Northcentral University graduates, about $133 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 45% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What are the most popular majors at Northcentral University?
Education, General (310 doctoral graduates), Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (216 master's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (174 doctoral graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 51 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.