University of California-San Francisco

PublicSpecial Focus: Research InstitutionGraduate/Professional

Fin. Resilience

Resilience score

vs. 14 peers in its group

University of California-San Francisco is a public institution in San Francisco, CA, classified by Carnegie as “Special Focus: Research Institution.”

It is benchmarked here against 14 peer institutions (Special Focus: Research Institution · Public).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 64 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is net-price momentum (CAGR) (-0.5%, 4th percentile).

Its weakest is on-campus crime rate (30.6 per 1k).

Peer group

Special Focus: Research Institution · Public

14 institutions

No cross-metric risk flags triggered.

What changedlargest year-over-year moves

Net tuition revenue / FTE ▼ -7% $19,278 → $18,005 2023→2024

Instructional spend / FTE ▼ -4% $181,997 → $174,300 2023→2024

Endowment (end of year) ▲ +4% $2.29B → $2.37B 2022→2023

Most recent single-year change in each tracked metric. Green = moved in this metric’s favorable direction, red = unfavorable, grey = size or context, not scored. Each row uses the latest pair of years that metric has, and federal collections release on different schedules, so the years differ from row to row: read the years on the row, not just the ranking. A single year is also not a trend, the multi-year series is on each metric’s card below.

Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed University of California-San Francisco is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax, Grad PLUS elimination, new Parent PLUS borrowing cap and new Workforce Pell short-term-credential opportunity, and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Structural risk index

Elevated

Grad PLUS exposure

36.4%

Moderate exposure

Higher than 72% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Avg Grad PLUS loan

$27,053

Above the cap

Higher than 74% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Enrollment cliff (home state)

-27.7%

Severe decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts, see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax, Grad PLUS, Parent PLUS and Workforce Pell figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Enrollment shock

What an enrollment loss would do to the budget

Tuition and fees fund 1% of this institution’s revenue, and it runs a -0.9% operating margin.

Enrollment loss: 10%

-1.0% operating margin after the loss, with costs unchanged

A deliberately simple counterfactual: net tuition per student and total costs stay where the latest IPEDS finance filing put them, so only the tuition line moves. No institution facing this would hold costs flat, which is the point, the figure is the gap that would have to be closed, not a forecast of the margin it would report. A school that responds by discounting harder to hold headcount converts the same problem into a net-price one, and it does not show up here.

Revenue composition

Where the money comes from $10.12B total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Hospital is the largest single source at 67% of revenue.

Hospital67.4%

Government grants & contracts13.3%

Private gifts & grants9.9%

Other revenue4.2%

Government appropriations2.7%

Investment return1.4%

Auxiliary enterprises0.7%

Tuition & fees0.5%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Federal funding mix

Which agencies fund this school $997.1M obligated · FY2024

Health & Human Services is the largest single funder at 90%.

Health & Human Services90.2%

Interior3.7%

Defense3.4%

NSF1.0%

Justice0.5%

Agriculture0.5%

Other agencies (6)0.8%

Federal dollars each agency committed to this institution in FY2024, as a share of its total positive obligations (USAspending.gov). Obligations are money committed, not money spent, so this total will not match the audited “Federal awards expended” figure elsewhere on this page. Amounts an agency reclaimed during the year are excluded.

Financial Health

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

Net tuition revenue / FTECalculated from filings

Average

$18,005

46th percentile in peer grouppeer median $19,121

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)14 peers

▼ -4% choppy

Instructional spend / FTECalculated from filings

Strong

$174,300

82nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $88,909

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)14 peers

▲ +43% steady

Endowment (end of year)As filed

Strong

$2.37B

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median $614.6M

higher is better

FY2022-2314 peers

▲ +144% steady · turning

Value of endowment assets at the end of the fiscal year (IPEDS finance, FY2022-23: FASB F2H02 / GASB F1H02), co-vintage with the other finance-year metrics on this page. Usually filed at the parent campus: most branch and online sub-units show the parent's endowment as a clearly labeled inherited value, and a few report a small endowment of their own alongside it. Multi-year trend from College Scorecard, shown only where it matches the IPEDS filing.

Avg monthly faculty salaryAs filed

Strong

$15,651

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median $11,713

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)14 peers

Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.

Operating marginCalculated from filings

Deficit

-0.9%

18th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.4%

higher is better

FY2022-2314 peers

Net surplus as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23): (total revenues − total expenses) ÷ total revenues. A surplus above 4% is strong; a thin surplus near 0% leaves little margin for shocks.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Tuition dependencyCalculated from filings

0.5%

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.5%

context, not scored

FY2022-2314 peers

Tuition & fees as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Higher = more exposed to enrollment swings.

State appropriations shareCalculated from filings

2.7%

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median 11%

context, not scored

FY2022-2314 peers

State appropriations as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Material for public institutions; ~0 for private.

Endowment per FTE studentCalculated from filings

Strong

$891,241

89th percentile in peer grouppeer median $197,633

higher is better

FY2022-2314 peers

End-of-year endowment ÷ 12-month FTE enrollment, endowment wealth per full-time-equivalent student. The FTE-correct companion to endowment-per-undergraduate; FTE counts graduate and part-time load, so research universities look less wealthy on this basis than on a headcount basis. Both sides are FY2022-23: the denominator is the FTE count from the endowment's own year (2022-23), not the newer FTE figure shown in the enrollment section, so dividing the two numbers on this page will not reproduce this one.

Room & board (on-campus)As filed

$16,076

2023-24

The school's published annual charge for on-campus housing plus its standard meal plan (IPEDS, 2023-24). This is the largest cost of attendance after tuition and the part families compare most directly across residential offers. Reported only for schools that publish on-campus housing charges. A published charge before any aid, so it is shown as context rather than scored: see the sticker-price note.

Full-professor average salaryAs filed

Strong

$162,261

75th percentile in peer grouppeer median $147,193

higher is better

2023-2414 peers

Average salary paid to full professors, the most senior instructional rank (IPEDS Human Resources, 2023-24, 9-month equated). It reflects both the school's pay scale and the seniority of its faculty, and it is a sizeable share of academic cost. Banded against the school's peer group.

Grad PLUS exposureCalculated from filings

Moderate exposure

36.4%

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Share of the institution's graduate federal loan dollars (Grad Unsubsidized + Grad PLUS) that came from Grad PLUS, the program the 2025 budget law eliminates for new borrowers from July 1, 2026, alongside new caps on graduate borrowing. A higher share means more of the school's graduate students rely on borrowing that will no longer exist above the unsubsidized cap. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education / Federal Student Aid Direct Loan Dashboard, primarily award year 2025-26 (year-to-date through Q2, December 2025), the most current federal data; schools not yet reporting Grad PLUS in 2025-26 retain their most recent complete year (2024-25), shown per school. The reliance share is stable across the two vintages. Shown only for schools with Grad PLUS originations; an exposure signal, not a forecast of revenue loss. Federal Student Aid publishes this dashboard quarterly and schools report on different schedules, so each school is shown at its own most recent reported period. Each school is shown at its own most recent filing, so the peer comparison spans a few filing years rather than a single one.

Avg Grad PLUS loanAs filed

Above the cap

$27,053

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Average Grad PLUS loan per recipient (FSA Direct Loan Dashboard, award year 2025-26 year-to-date through Q2, with 2024-25 full-year retained where 2025-26 is not yet reported). The 2025 budget law eliminates Grad PLUS for new borrowers from July 1, 2026 and caps unsubsidized graduate borrowing at $20,500/year, so this is the average per-borrower amount that will no longer be available above that cap. Paired with Grad PLUS exposure (the institution's reliance share), it is the depth axis of the Grad PLUS shock: how much each affected borrower stands to lose. Shown only where Grad PLUS was originated. Federal Student Aid publishes this dashboard quarterly and schools report on different schedules, so each school is shown at its own most recent reported period. Each school is shown at its own most recent filing, so the peer comparison spans a few filing years rather than a single one.

Structural risk indexBlended index

Elevated

FY2022-23 (IPEDS) with WICHE 2024 projections

An indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure), an equal-weight blend of the stress signals we measure: thin or negative operating margin, low months of operating cushion, high tuition dependency, and a shrinking home-state high-school-graduate pipeline (enrollment cliff). Averaged over whichever signals are available (at least two required). It screens for the financial and demographic pressures that precede closures and mergers, a directional indicator, NOT a prediction that any institution will close, and not a credit rating. Built from the FY2022-23 IPEDS finance filing, the most recent one published, combined with WICHE's high-school-graduate projections. The finance side is two to three years old, so a school that has since raised money, cut costs or lost enrollment will not be reflected here. It is a structural signal, not a current diagnosis, and it is not a prediction that any named institution will close.

Federal funding obligatedAs filed

$997.1M

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median $163.6M

context, not scored

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)12 peers

Obligations reported to USAspending.gov for FY2024 (Oct 2023 to Sep 2024), summed across every awarding agency. This is money committed, not money spent, so it will not equal the audited 'Federal awards expended' figure and the two should not be subtracted from one another. Negative amounts (agencies reclaiming prior commitments) are excluded.

Federal funding agenciesAs filed

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 7

context, not scored

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)12 peers

A count of awarding agencies with positive FY2024 obligations. Neither high nor low is inherently better: a community college funded solely by the Department of Education is behaving normally, while a research university typically draws on ten or more agencies.

Largest funder's shareCalculated from filings

90.2%

29th percentile in peer grouppeer median 91.2%

context, not scored

FY2024 (USAspending.gov)12 peers

The largest agency's FY2024 obligations as a share of the institution's total positive federal obligations. Read it as concentration, not risk: most teaching colleges sit near 100% because nearly all their federal money is Department of Education student aid.

Operating margin after a 10% enrollment lossModelled by Ibex

Into deficit

-1%

18th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3.9%

higher is better

FY2022-2314 peers

The institution's operating margin recomputed after losing one student in ten, holding net tuition per student and total costs constant. Tuition revenue falls with the students; every other revenue line and the whole cost base stay put. A tenth is the scale of decline the demographic projections already put on several states' high-school graduating classes, so it is a scenario rather than a worst case. Not a forecast: a real institution would cut costs, and this measures the gap it would have to cut, not what it would end up reporting. Built from the operating margin and tuition dependency in the same IPEDS filing. Banded against the school's peer group. Higher is better.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Enrollment & Pipeline

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

Median family incomeAs filed

$7,007

18th percentile in peer grouppeer median $30,643

context, not scored

2016-17 (Scorecard)14 peers

Median family income of students at this institution (College Scorecard, 2016-17). An affordability and access signal, not a measure of quality: a lower figure typically means the school enrolls more students from modest-income families. From the College Scorecard 2016-17 data file, built from aid-applicant records rather than the full student body, and not republished since.

Program concentration (HHI)Calculated from filings

Highly concentrated

7,457

2022-23

How concentrated the institution's degree and certificate output is across academic fields (CIP 2-digit families), as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index on the latest year's completions: 10,000 means every completion is in one field; lower means output is spread across many. A higher value means the school leans on fewer fields and is more exposed to demand shifts in them; a lower value reflects a broad program portfolio. Shown for institutions reporting at least 100 annual completions. A structural-diversification signal, not a measure of quality.

12-month FTE enrollmentAs filed

2,647

18th percentile in peer grouppeer median 3,527

context, not scored

2023-24 (IPEDS)14 peers

Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2023-24). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.

Fully online studentsAs filed

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 12%

context, not scored

Fall 2023 (IPEDS)14 peers

Share of students enrolled exclusively in distance-education courses (IPEDS, Fall 2023). Describes delivery model, not quality; online-heavy institutions look different on residential measures.

Applicant-pool diversity shiftModelled by Ibex

+5 pts

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.)

Percentage-point change in the non-white share of the institution's home-state public high-school graduating class between the class of 2025 (the national peak) and 2037 (WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, 11th ed., public-school race detail). A forward look at who the future applicant pool will be: a positive value means the state's graduating class is projected to grow more racially diverse. Strategic recruiting context, not a forecast of any one school's enrollment, and a college recruits from many states.

Hybrid (some online) enrollmentAs filed

30%

86th percentile in peer grouppeer median 19%

context, not scored

Fall 202314 peers

Share of all students taking some, but not all, of their courses at a distance (IPEDS, Fall 2023). This is the hybrid middle ground between the fully online share and the fully in-person share, and it signals how far a school has moved coursework online without going exclusively remote. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Graduate share of enrollmentAs filed

100%

89th percentile in peer grouppeer median 84.2%

context, not scored

Fall 202314 peers

Graduate students as a share of total headcount enrollment (IPEDS, Fall 2023). It separates research-intensive universities with large graduate bodies from undergraduate-focused institutions. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Women share of facultyAs filed

53.3%

61st percentile in peer grouppeer median 51.6%

context, not scored

Fall 202314 peers

Women as a share of all instructional staff, full- and part-time combined (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). A gender-composition signal for the teaching workforce. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Faculty of color shareAs filed

39.7%

68th percentile in peer grouppeer median 29.5%

context, not scored

Fall 202314 peers

Instructional staff who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or two-or-more races, as a share of all instructional staff (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). Nonresident and race-unknown staff are excluded from the numerator. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Direct competitors within 100 miCalculated from filings

Average

43rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 0

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard universe)14 peers

How many institutions of the same type (same Carnegie classification and control, i.e. the schools competing for the same students) sit within roughly 100 miles. A higher count means a more crowded local market and a harder yield fight, which matters most as the regional pool of high school graduates shrinks; a low count means the school has its catchment largely to itself. Distance is straight-line from campus coordinates. Banded against the school's peer group. Fewer is better for recruiting leverage.

Metro-area unemployment rateAs filed

Below peers

5.4%

75th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.9%

lower is better

ACS 2019-2314 peers

The civilian unemployment rate in the school's metropolitan or micropolitan area (US Census ACS 2019-23, mapped by the school's federal CBSA code). It is a proxy for local labor demand: a lower rate means a tighter job market, a stronger near-term destination for graduates and a smaller pool of working adults to recruit. It describes the local economy, not the school. Schools outside any metro area are not scored. Banded against the school's peer group.

On-campus crime rateAs filed

Below peers

30.6 per 1k

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.1 per 1k

lower is better

2024 (Clery)14 peers

Criminal offenses reported on campus in 2024 (murder, manslaughter, the four sex-offense categories, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor-vehicle theft and arson) per 1,000 students, from the school's federal Clery Act filing. Counts and enrollment are summed across the institution's campuses. A higher number does not always mean a more dangerous school: thorough reporting and dense residential campuses raise it. Lower is generally safer. Banded against the school's peer group.

Research & development spendingAs filed

$2.05B

94th percentile in peer grouppeer median $327.6M

context, not scored

FY2023 (NSF HERD)8 peers

Total research and development expenditures in FY2023, from the National Science Foundation's Higher Education R&D (HERD) survey. It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and indicates grant capacity. Reported only for the institutions HERD surveys (those with at least $150,000 in R&D), matched to this tool by name. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Enrollment cliff (home state)External projection

Severe decline

-27.7%

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.) projection

Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment. A projection, not a measurement: WICHE's state-level forecast of high-school graduates. It describes the pool a school recruits from, not the school's own enrollment.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Scholarly works publishedAs filed

297,414

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 70,344

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)10 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed research works (papers, datasets, books and other outputs). It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Research citationsAs filed

48,951,473

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 7,439,412

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)10 peers

From OpenAlex, an open catalog of the world's scholarly works. Counts the institution's lifetime indexed citations received by its scholarly works. It separates research-intensive universities from teaching-focused peers and signals scholarly capacity; reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match to this school. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Institutional h-indexAs filed

1,692

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 702

context, not scored

2024 (OpenAlex)10 peers

From OpenAlex. The institution has an h-index of h when h of its works have each been cited at least h times: a single figure blending output and impact. Reported only where OpenAlex has a confident match. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against peers.

NIH research fundingAs filed

$928.6M

FY2024 (NIH RePORTER)

Total National Institutes of Health award dollars the institution received in fiscal year 2024, from NIH RePORTER. It signals biomedical research strength and federal grant capacity; reported only for schools NIH funds and that match this tool by name and state. Dollars from multiple campuses or centers are summed. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Wikipedia pageviews (monthly)As filed

11,657

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2,596

context, not scored

trailing 12 mo (Wikipedia)10 peers

Average monthly views of the institution's English-Wikipedia article over the trailing 12 months (Wikimedia REST API). A top-of-funnel public-attention proxy: how often people look the school up. Reported only where a matching Wikipedia article exists. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

In-state HS graduatesExternal projection

469,214

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 76,348

context, not scored

Class of 2025 (WICHE)14 peers

The size of the school's home-state high-school graduating class in 2025 (WICHE Knocking at the College Door, public and private combined). It is the near-term in-state feeder market, the complement to the enrollment-cliff projection, which shows the direction that market is heading. Context metric, not better or worse. Shown as a position within the peer group, not as a score.

Net-price momentum (CAGR)Modelled by Ibex

Strong

-0.5%

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.9%

lower is better

2016-17 to 2024-25 (Scorecard)14 peers

Compound annual growth rate of net tuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student over the tracked years. A high positive rate means the school's real net price is climbing faster than peers, which can strain affordability and yield. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better. The window shown is the one this school's own figure was measured over: it is shorter where the series starts late, ends early, or is cut at a reporting change, so peers are not all measured over identical years.

Shown exactly as the institution filed it. The value falls outside the normal range for this measure, which usually means a reporting quirk rather than a real figure, so read it with care.

Student Outcomes & Risk

The bar under each rank is the spread across the peer group: the shaded box is the middle half, the pale line is their median, and the gold marker is this institution. Hover for the figures.

3-yr cohort default rateAs filed

Average

1.3%

54th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.3%

lower is better

FY2017 cohort14 peers

Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort, the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.

Full-time faculty shareAs filed

Average

66.4%

46th percentile in peer grouppeer median 66.9%

higher is better

2024-25 (Scorecard)14 peers

Earn more than a HS grad (6-yr)Calculated from filings

Strong

95.3%

81st percentile in peer grouppeer median 93.3%

higher is better

2014-15 (Scorecard)13 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, six years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, 2014-15). A direct read on whether attending beats not attending, and conceptually aligned with the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test. Share of former students earning more than $28,000, the Department's benchmark for the median earnings of a high-school graduate. From the College Scorecard 2014-15 data file, the last release carrying it; the threshold is not inflation-adjusted.

Earn more than a HS grad (10-yr)Calculated from filings

Strong

95.9%

96th percentile in peer grouppeer median 91.5%

higher is better

2014-15 (Scorecard)13 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, ten years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, 2014-15). The long-horizon companion to the six-year figure and the closest public analogue to the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test. Share of former students earning more than $28,000, the Department's benchmark for the median earnings of a high-school graduate. From the College Scorecard 2014-15 data file, the last release carrying it; the threshold is not inflation-adjusted.

Debt-to-earnings rateCalculated from filings

Below peers

1.2%

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.9%

lower is better

Scorecard FoS (indicative)11 peers

The school's median program-level debt-to-earnings rate: the annual payment on graduates' median loan debt as a share of their median earnings, the core measure in the Department of Education's gainful-employment framework (a program is flagged above 8%). This is INDICATIVE: it applies ED's methodology to public College Scorecard field-of-study data because ED has not yet published its official determinations. Computed where the school has at least three evaluated programs. Lower means debt is smaller relative to earnings. Banded against peer group.

Field-demand outlook (10-yr)External projection

Fast-growing field mix

+6.6 pts

89th percentile nationallynational median +4.7 pts

higher is better

BLS EP 2024-34

Projected 10-year (2024-34) change in U.S. employment for the occupations this institution's degrees and certificates feed, blended across its program mix. Built by mapping each CIP 2-digit field to its occupations via the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk, taking the employment-weighted average of each occupation's BLS-projected percent change, then weighting fields by the institution's latest-year completions. The U.S. all-occupations benchmark is 3.1%, so a higher value means the school's graduates concentrate in faster-growing labor markets. An INDICATIVE field-level signal at broad-field granularity, not a program-specific or graduate-specific projection, and not a placement or earnings guarantee. Shown where at least 50% of completions fall in fields with a coherent occupational mapping and the school reports 100+ annual completions.

Completions in growing fieldsExternal projection

Mostly growth fields

99.3%

78th percentile nationallynational median 67.9%

higher is better

BLS EP 2024-34

The share of this institution's yearly completions that are in broad fields whose occupations the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects will grow FASTER than the all-occupations average of 3.1% over 2024-34. It answers a different question from the field-demand outlook beside it: that one averages the whole program mix into a single rate, which lets a fast-growing half cancel out a shrinking half. This says how much of the graduating class is on the growing side. The denominator is completions in fields with a coherent occupational mapping, not all completions, because three broad fields map to essentially the whole economy and carry no signal; the share of completions that could be classified at all is shown in the field-mix breakdown. Ranked against every institution in the file rather than against the peer group: what a program mix is worth is set by the national labour market, not by whichever schools happen to share a Carnegie class. An indicative field-level signal, not a placement rate.

Programs below earnings benchmarkModelled by Ibex

Average

45th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0%

lower is better

2024-25 (Scorecard field of study)11 peers

Share of this school's measured program completions in programs whose median earnings four years after completion fall below the state benchmark (a high-school graduate's earnings for undergraduate credentials, a bachelor's for graduate credentials). This is the same early-warning screen behind our OBBBA Compliance Watchdog leaderboard, computed on public College Scorecard Field-of-Study data, not the official federal determination. Shown only where at least four programs report earnings. Lower is less exposure.

Program mix vs the job market

Where this year’s graduates are heading 977 completions · BLS EP 2024-34

99% of completions are in fields projected to grow faster than the job market as a whole.

Faster than average99.3%

Growing, but slower0.7%

Each completion is placed by the broad field of its program, then by whether that field’s occupations are projected to grow faster than the all-occupations average, grow more slowly, or decline. Three broad fields map to essentially the whole economy and carry no field signal, so their completions are shown separately as unclassified rather than being counted either way. Field-level and indicative: it describes the labour markets a program mix feeds, not what any individual graduate does.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page carries one of these labels. They are not degrees of confidence: a projection is not a worse number than a filing, it is a different kind of claim, and the distinction is invisible when both are set in the same grey card.

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Top fields of study (all levels)

University of California-San Francisco’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

Field	Completions / yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs out	Median debt	Earnings premium	Risk score
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	429	$139,550 96th pct · 12 peers	$144,242 21st pct · 12 peers	Above benchmark +85%	Low · 27
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	255	$162,401 96th pct · 14 peers	$69,927 75th pct · 14 peers	Above benchmark +116%	Low · 23
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	104	$173,515 50th pct · 5 peers	$20,500 10th pct · 5 peers	Above benchmark +130%	Low · 17
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	82	$96,962 (too few peers)	–	Above benchmark +29%	Low · 23
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	50	–	$63,116 39th pct · 9 peers	–	Low · 19
Engineering	22	–	–	–	Low · 0
Engineering	12	–	–	–	Moderate · 44
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	9	–	–	–	High · 100
Computer & Information Sciences	7	–	–	–	Low · 25
Social Sciences	6	–	–	–	Low · 0

All 4 top fields shown clear the CA state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the CA state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend, higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

Major-level detail (CIP 4-digit)

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 4 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
MedicineCIP 5112 ›	149	$112,089 n=222	–	98.3% 5yr	$131,110	1.17×	Above benchmark +49%	Clears all 2 yrs
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationCIP 5120 ›	120	$179,523 n=203	–	96.7% 1yr	$124,084	0.69×	Above benchmark +138%	–
DentistryCIP 5104 ›	111	$152,323 n=151	–	93% 5yr	$202,253	1.33×	Above benchmark +102%	Clears all 2 yrs
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsCIP 5123 ›	49	$96,225 n=69	–	95.1% 5yr	$102,124	1.06×	Above benchmark +28%	Clears all 2 yrs

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 4 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 6 CIP programs (4-digit), 4 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	141	$159,229 n=220	–	95% 5yr	$77,233	0.48×	Above benchmark +111%	Clears all 2 yrs
Public HealthCIP 5122 ›	46	$84,632 n=35	–	95.5% 5yr	$55,123	0.65×	Above benchmark +12%	Clears all 2 yrs
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesCIP 5114	34	$262,394 n=27	–	100% 5yr	–	–	Above benchmark +248%	Clears all 2 yrs
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCIP 5107 ›	21	$192,159 n=29	–	100% 5yr	$53,300	0.28×	Above benchmark +155%	Clears all 2 yrs
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesCIP 5105 ›	12	–	–	100% 5yr	–	–	–	–
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationCIP 5120 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 4 of 6 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 2 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	51	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsCIP 5111 ›	25	–	–	–	$20,500	–	–	–
DentistryCIP 5104 ›	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesCIP 5114	12	$174,679 n=16	–	–	–	–	Above benchmark +132%	–
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesCIP 5105 ›	–	$159,547 n=22	–	85% 1yr	–	–	Above benchmark +112%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 2 of 5 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Biological & Biomedical Sciences – 7 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyCIP 2602 ›	29	–	–	100% 1yr	–	–	–	–
Biology, GeneralCIP 2601 ›	23	$96,962 n=18	–	–	–	–	Above benchmark +29%	–
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesCIP 2615 ›	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Pharmacology and ToxicologyCIP 2610	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesCIP 2604 ›	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyCIP 2613 ›	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GeneticsCIP 2608	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 1 of 7 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	31	–	–	100% 5yr	$30,667	–	–	–
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationCIP 5120 ›	13	–	–	97.6% 5yr	$125,121	–	–	–
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral SciencesCIP 5105 ›	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Public HealthCIP 5122 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsCIP 5123 ›	1	–	–	95.7% 5yr	$68,375	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 5 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Engineering – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Biomedical/Medical EngineeringCIP 1405 ›	22	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 1 major shows an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Engineering – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Biomedical/Medical EngineeringCIP 1405 ›	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Biological & Biomedical Sciences – 5 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Pharmacology and ToxicologyCIP 2610	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyCIP 2602 ›	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Neurobiology and NeurosciencesCIP 2615 ›	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Biology, GeneralCIP 2601 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical SciencesCIP 2604 ›	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Computer & Information Sciences – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, OtherCIP 1199 ›	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Social Sciences – 2 CIP programs (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
AnthropologyCIP 4502 ›	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SociologyCIP 4511 ›	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 2 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked

Are University of California-San Francisco's programs at risk under the federal earnings-premium test?

Indicatively, all 4 of the largest fields with available earnings data at University of California-San Francisco cleared the CA state earnings-premium benchmark on the latest reported cohort, as did all 11 of the individual majors within them, in each of the latest reported cohort-years. The 2025 federal test (effective July 1, 2026) can withdraw Title IV eligibility from a program whose graduates earn less than a typical worker without the credential for 2 of 3 years. 1 further field with earnings data at this institution are not shown on this page and are not counted here. This is an estimate using College Scorecard field-of-study earnings against ACS state and national medians; the Department of Education's official determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite, see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.