Cal State Dominguez Hills: Cost, Admission Odds And Payoff
- CSU Dominguez Hills admitted 14,947 of 16,860 first-year applicants for fall 2022, and 13% of the students it admitted enrolled.
- Starting in fall 2026, California students who receive a Pell Grant and have a Student Aid Index of 10,000 or less pay no tuition or mandatory fees through the Toro Tuition Pledge.
- 23% of the class of 2022 took out student loans. Those who borrowed left with an average of $12,754.
Is CSU Dominguez Hills Worth It? The College Investor Rating
| Family | What They Pay | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | C | |
| Low-Income Families | Average $6,188 a year | C |
| Middle-Income Families | Average $9,197 a year | C |
| High-Income Families, In-State | $22,839 a year | C |
| High-Income Families, Out Of State | $36,159 a year | C |
How Hard Is It To Get Into CSU Dominguez Hills?
CSU Dominguez Hills accepted 89% of first-year applicants for fall 2022: 14,947 admits from 16,860 applications. 1,874 of those students enrolled, a yield of 13%.
What CSU Dominguez Hills Weighs In Admissions
CSU Dominguez Hills rates no factor as very important, so no single score or activity carries the file. Demonstrated interest counts for nothing: campus visits won't change your odds. Legacy status doesn't count.
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What Will CSU Dominguez Hills Actually Cost Your Family?
The average in-state CSU Dominguez Hills student receiving financial aid paid $7,244 a year after grants.
That's against a sticker price of $22,839 a year for in-state students. Out-of-state tuition alone runs $21,173. Starting in fall 2026, California students who receive a Pell Grant and have a Student Aid Index of 10,000 or less pay no tuition or mandatory fees through the Toro Tuition Pledge. CSU Dominguez Hills is one of a growing number of colleges offering free tuition by family income.
| Total Borrowed Over Four Years | $0 |
| Within Federal Student Loan Limits | $0 |
| Beyond Federal Student Loan Limits | $0 |
| Monthly Student Loan Payment, 10-Year Plan | $0 |
| Expected Pay In Your Major | $0 |
How CSU Dominguez Hills Meets Financial Need
CSU Dominguez Hills reports meeting 26% of demonstrated financial need on average. In 2022-2023, 7,394 of CSU Dominguez Hills's 9,989 full-time undergraduates had financial need, and their average need-based grant was $6,018. CSU Dominguez Hills determines financial need with the FAFSA, so how your assets are counted affects what you pay. CSU Dominguez Hills awards essentially no merit scholarships.
Grants made up 88% of CSU Dominguez Hills's need-based financial aid in 2022-2023. The rest came from student jobs, including Federal Work-Study, and $9,966,897 in student loans.
| Source | Need-Based | Not Need-Based |
|---|---|---|
| CSU Dominguez Hills Grants | $357,953 | $59,806 |
| Federal Grants | $45,564,664 | $78,747 |
| State Grants | $31,370,479 | |
| Outside Scholarships | $348,628 | $8,897 |
| Student Jobs And Work-Study | $490,766 | |
| Student Loans | $9,966,897 | $604,278 |
| Parent Loans, Including Parent PLUS | $649,036 | $199,869 |
| Athletic Scholarships | $43,778 |
Families Cover Part Of Their Financial Need
CSU Dominguez Hills met an average of 26% of financial need in 2022-2023. The rest falls to families as savings, income, Parent PLUS loans or private student loans. Read your financial aid award letter carefully and appeal it if the numbers don't work.
| Measure | All Undergrads | First Year |
|---|---|---|
| Students With Financial Need | 7,394 | 1,725 |
| Share Of Financial Need Met | 26% | 30% |
| Average Need-Based Grant | $6,018 | $6,360 |
| Average Financial Aid Package | $6,714 | $6,626 |
| Average Student Loan | $2,396 | $1,693 |
| Students Without Financial Need Receiving Merit Scholarships | 125 | 33 |
Does A CSU Dominguez Hills Degree Pay Off?
It depends on what you pay and what you study. That's why CSU Dominguez Hills earns .
CSU Dominguez Hills students earn a median of $62,587 ten years after starting college, and 80% out-earn a typical high school graduate. 18% take out federal student loans, and the typical borrower leaves owing $15,000, about 24% of one year's pay. Earnings still depend heavily on major: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research And Clinical Nursing graduates earned a median of $118,588 four years after graduating, compared with $44,654 for Teacher Education And Professional Development, Specific Levels And Methods graduates.
Who Borrowed In The Class Of 2022
222 of CSU Dominguez Hills's 970 bachelor's graduates in 2022 left with student loan debt, averaging $12,754. The 7 graduates who used private student loans averaged $10,325.
| Student Loan Type | Borrowers | Share Of Class | Average Debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Any Student Loan | 222 | 23% | $12,754 |
| Federal Student Loans | 220 | 23% | $12,542 |
| Private Student Loans | 7 | 1% | $10,325 |
How We Graded CSU Dominguez Hills
The overall grade weighs payoff, price, graduation and student debt. Price counts what low-income families pay (5 points), what middle-income families pay (10 points) and the sticker price high-income families pay (10 points). Each income grade swaps in that family's price alone.
Grade Checks
Financial Aid Check
CSU Dominguez Hills met 26% of financial need on average, so families with need should expect to cover part of it with savings, income or student loans.
Financial Health Check
No federal heightened cash monitoring and no closure, merger or financial exigency announcements.
Earnings Floor
80% of students out-earn a typical high school graduate. Schools where most don't are capped at a D.
Older Common Data Set
CSU Dominguez Hills hasn't posted a Common Data Set since 2022-23, so admissions and financial aid figures on this page are from that year. Federal figures are current.
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Sources And Methodology
The College Investor Rating scores every four-year college from 0 to 100 on payoff (30%), price (25%), graduation (20%) and student debt (25%) using U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data. An earnings floor and a financial health check can cap the grade at D, and a financial aid check flags concerns without changing it. Price is judged on its own, without earnings. The grade measures financial return for families, not teaching quality, campus life or a school's mission.
Notes On The Data
- Low-income families earn under $48,000. Middle-income families earn $48,000 to $110,000. Their prices are federal averages for first-time, full-time students who received financial aid.
- High-income families are those who get no grant aid, so they pay the sticker price (cost of attendance). Out-of-state families pay the in-state cost of attendance plus the difference in tuition.
- Paying full price is the share of undergraduates who received no grant aid from any source in 2022-23, from the Education Department's IPEDS survey. The chance of merit aid divides merit scholarship recipients by full-time undergraduates without financial need, from the Common Data Set.
- Earnings by major are medians four years after graduation. Majors with too few graduates for the government to report earnings are left out. Debt by major is median federal student loan debt among borrowers.
- Admissions, financial aid and class of 2022 student loan figures come from the CSU Dominguez Hills Common Data Set 2022-2023. Student loan debt at graduation excludes Parent PLUS and other parent loans, and students who transferred in.
- The calculator uses federal net price averages for in-state students and adds the tuition difference for out-of-state students. Borrowing up to the $27,000 federal limit for dependent undergraduates uses the 2026-27 undergraduate rate of 6.52%, and anything above it uses the 9.07% Parent PLUS rate. Parent PLUS loans are capped at $20,000 a year and $65,000 per student. See all federal student loan interest rates. CSU Dominguez Hills's own net price calculator gives a personal figure, and College Aid Pro can compare costs across schools.
Data years: Earnings follow students who started college in 2011-12 and 2012-13, measured 10 years later. Net price and borrowing rates are for 2024-25. Graduation rates follow students who started in fall 2019. Median debt covers borrowers who left school in fiscal 2024 and 2025. Full-price shares are for 2022-23.
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Sources: CSU Dominguez Hills Common Data Set 2022-2023. U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, data updated November 2, 2026. News from The College Investor.