Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

University of Massachusetts Global

Aliso Viejo, CA · Public · Bachelor-granting · 4,491 undergrads

Weigh this carefully before borrowing

Only 43% of students here finish, and the loans are owed whether or not you graduate (students who withdrew here carry a median of $12,500 in federal debt). Compare the cost and completion against a community college or in-state public university before you sign.

Do students finish?
43% complete

A large share of students do not finish; the cost is the same whether or not you graduate.

What does it cost?
$35,325/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$141,300 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$65,703 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $42,384 median $65,703 75th pct $90,867

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

8 Bachelor's programs · $30,800 to $56,794 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Human Resources Management and Services.Bachelor's $56,794 $23,617
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $54,565 $33,125
Criminology.Bachelor's $46,624 $23,807
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $44,893 $24,449
Sociology.Bachelor's $39,940 $25,000
Social Sciences, General.Bachelor's $32,726
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $31,692 $23,922
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $30,800 $23,283

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$18,750
28% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (19 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website