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Fresno State

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Fresno, CA
Population 1,000,000
Website http://www.csufresno.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 21,070
Men / Women 42% / 58%
Hispanic 58%
White 16%
Asian 13%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%
From State 98%
From Region 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 37%
Business & Economics 18%
Health Sciences 13%
Education 11%
Life & Natural Sciences 9%
Arts 4%
Engineering 3%
Physical Sciences & Math 2%
Professional 2%
Computer Science 1%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,350
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $19,950
Est. In-State Cost $9,508
Est. Out-of-State Cost $25,807
10-Year ROI $229,000
ROI Percentile 90th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 2%

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 3,604 (99% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 307 (94% 🏖️)

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R2
Expenditure
Engineering, Computing & Math $4M #236
Humanities & Social Sciences $2M #245
Life & Natural Sciences $8M #265
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Humanities & Social Sciences 28 #322
Life & Natural Sciences 37 #340

Honors College

Name Smittcamp Family Honors College
Students 200 (1%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

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Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology 419 47% / 53% 1% $66,308 96%
Animal Sciences 108 — 17% / 83% 2% $58,619 73 98%
Food Science 27 — 44% / 56% 0% $63,092 79 92%
Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management 63 — 81% / 19% 0% $78,715 92 98%
Viticulture and Enology 19 — 47% / 53% 0% $63,092 79 92%
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations 150 — 59% / 41% 1% $69,880 86 95%
Agricultural Teacher Education 52 — 31% / 69% 0% $59,795 74 97%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Humanities 582 48% / 52% 2% $46,324 91%
Communication 77 — 56% / 44% 1% $49,214 53 95%
English 58 +1 40% / 60% 3% $41,960 32 90%
French 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $56,219 68 93%
History 83 +2 81% / 19% 1% $48,521 51 94%
Journalism 79 — 44% / 56% 6% $49,458 54 —
Linguistics 11 — 36% / 64% 0% $55,154 66 —
Philosophy 24 +2 50% / 50% 0% $41,490 31 89%
Spanish 56 +3 20% / 80% 0% $56,219 68 93%
Art 79 — 35% / 65% 4% $40,618 28 85%
Graphic Design 44 — 50% / 50% 2% $46,255 45 92%
Interior Design 12 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,255 45 92%
Music 32 — 69% / 31% 0% $42,671 34 —
Music Performance 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $40,298 28 —
Theatre Arts 21 — 33% / 67% 5% $30,004 7 88%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Engineering and Computer Science 326 84% / 16% 5% $94,588 97%
Civil Engineering 81 — 78% / 22% 2% $93,213 97 97%
Computer Engineering 16 — 88% / 12% 6% $131,127 100 100%
Electrical Engineering 23 — 91% / 9% 9% $106,377 99 97%
Mechanical Engineering 42 — 86% / 14% 2% $97,316 98 98%
Computer Science 69 — 87% / 13% 10% $91,077 97 94%
Architecture 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $57,629 71 —
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $57,561 71 —
Construction Management 50 — 90% / 10% 2% $105,173 99 100%
Industrial Technology/Technician 27 — 96% / 4% 7% $71,074 87 97%
Surveying Technology/Surveying 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $88,546 96 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Health and Human Services 911 28% / 72% 1% $65,227 93%
Nutrition Sciences 11 — 9% / 91% 0% $72,052 87 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 89 +2 6% / 94% 0% $62,131 78 93%
Exercise Science 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,456 71 94%
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 132 +1 14% / 86% 1% $55,153 66 82%
Health/Medical Physics 4 — 50% / 50% 25% $46,012 44 91%
Kinesiology 302 — 58% / 42% 1% $57,456 71 94%
Nursing 152 — 16% / 84% 1% $113,245 99 100%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 33 — 30% / 70% 0% $45,967 44 98%
Child Development 78 — 5% / 95% 3% $48,575 52 —
Deaf Studies 8 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,090 58 —
Family and Consumer Sciences 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,299 39 88%
Social Work 89 — 9% / 91% 1% $52,602 61 98%
Apparel and Textiles 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,857 57 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science and Mathematics 319 42% / 58% 1% $54,008 91%
Chemistry 23 — 65% / 35% 0% $50,671 57 90%
Geosciences 4 — 75% / 25% 0% $57,808 71 —
Mathematics 38 +1 47% / 53% 3% $65,558 82 100%
Physical Sciences 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $63,790 80 —
Physics 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $63,951 80 —
Biochemistry 34 +1 44% / 56% 0% $38,251 22 94%
Biology 193 — 37% / 63% 1% $54,153 64 89%
Environmental Science 11 — 18% / 82% 0% $53,341 63 —
Cognitive Science 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,964 64 —
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Social Sciences 1,854 26% / 74% 1% $50,994 94%
Economics 33 — 76% / 24% 15% $62,748 79 95%
African American Studies 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $50,160 56 —
Anthropology 14 — 21% / 79% 0% $48,203 51 96%
Chicano and Latin American Studies 2 +12 50% / 50% 0% $49,854 55 —
Criminology 351 +2 43% / 57% 0% $42,026 32 95%
Forensic Psychology 86 +1 17% / 83% 1% $54,091 64 —
Geography 7 +1 86% / 14% 0% $53,372 63 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies 74 — 42% / 58% 1% $52,142 60 —
Latin American Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,084 55 —
Political Science 68 +1 37% / 63% 1% $52,154 60 92%
Psychology 558 +3 19% / 81% 1% $53,513 63 94%
Social Sciences 14 — 100% / 0% 0% $46,855 47 —
Sociology 155 — 16% / 84% 1% $45,384 42 92%
Women's Studies 4 +3 0% / 100% 0% $50,843 57 —
General Education 481 — 14% / 86% 1% $54,909 66 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Craig School of Business 708 58% / 42% 5% $65,494 92%
Business Administration 708 — 58% / 42% 5% $65,494 82 92%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Kremen School of Education and Human Development 40 38% / 62% 2% $57,618 96%
Early Childhood Education 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,381 34 89%
English Education 35 — 43% / 57% 3% $59,795 74 97%

Rankings

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