Doctoral · Thousand Oaks, California
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at California Lutheran University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $94,435
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $165,062
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $175k (likely $175k – $175k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $29k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.1 years (likely 5.9–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$373k (likely −$591k – −$143k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$58k (likely −$490k – $417k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at California Lutheran University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$150,979
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$101,050
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$97,243
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$95,459
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$89,573
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$83,310
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$82,204
- Marketing (Master's)$81,263
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$81,041
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,919
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$77,030
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$76,916
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in California
- University of California-San Diego$130,000
- Palo Alto University$121,995
- Touro University Worldwide$111,201
- Biola University$110,375
- Fielding Graduate University$108,694
- Fuller Theological Seminary$106,857
- Alliant International University-San Diego$105,796
- Pacifica Graduate Institute$105,793
- Pepperdine University$103,432
- The Wright Institute$103,322