Una nueva ley responsabiliza a las universidades si sus graduados no ganan más de 36,000 dólares al año

A new federal law taking effect this month is tying federal student loans to graduate earnings. Universities across the country must now prove their graduates earn at least thirty-six thousand dollars a year—the expected salary for a California high school graduate—or risk losing loan access for their students. Per CalMatters, about ninety percent of California's three thousand higher education programs already meet that threshold. But roughly three hundred fall short, particularly in the arts, theater, cosmetology, and medical assistance—most often at for-profit institutions, though some programs at Cal State and UC also don't qualify. Graduates of arts and film programs at schools like CalArts, for example, earn around thirty thousand dollars four years after graduation. Schools have until twenty twenty-eight to demonstrate compliance, but critics argue the income-based metric overlooks the longer timelines creative careers often require and ignores geographic differences in job availability and wages.

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