Living-cost signal
San Diego has the lower current midpoint
Use this as a directional reference, not a guaranteed personal budget.
SECONDARY DECISION
Compare city context
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United States city comparison
San Diego vs New York
Compare approved named-city student living, transport, F-1 work context, canonical institutions and local career sectors. Metro areas and neighbouring municipalities are not silently merged into these city scopes.
Student living
Indicative monthly USD references from official university budgets; source scenarios differ.
San Diego$3,025–$3,181 / month
New York~$3,437 / month
Student transport
Source-native periods are preserved. A 7-day cap, semester pass and monthly pass are not treated as equivalent products.
San Diego$72 / month
New York$35 / rolling 7 days
F-1 student work
20 hours/week is the on-campus academic-session limit. Off-campus employment requires separate authorization.
San Diego20 h / week on-campus
New York20 h / week on-campus
Canonical institutions
San Diego30
New York73
Canonical campus locations
San Diego30
New York73
City population
Named-city population, not metropolitan-area population.
San Diego1.41M
New York8.58M
Career context
Official economic-development focus sectors, not shortage rankings.
San DiegoInternational trade · Manufacturing · Military and defense · Tourism · Life sciences and biotechnology
New YorkFinance · Media · Technology · Life sciences · Green economy
Programme coverage
Canonical U.S. programme catalogue pending
CampCareer does not infer programme delivery from institution presence. A missing catalogue is not presented as “0 programmes”.