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Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $487,398 ahead with aid, $326,014 ahead at full price.","Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($92,955); Business Administration, Management and Operations ($78,503); Psychology, General ($65,110).","Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 6% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 44% of those reached the top fifth as adults.","Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/hood-college.json"],"caveats":["Admit rate, SAT/ACT bands and applicant counts are IPEDS (federal); admit rates by major are the college system's own reporting (UC Information Center; CSU Chancellor's Office).","UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs; a UC admit rate by major is a guide to selectivity, not a rule.","'transfer_only' majors at a CSU had no first-year row reported: freshmen enter as a pre-major and apply into the program later.","net_price_with_aid is the average for aid recipients; full_price is the cost of attendance. 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