Bachelor's · Thousand Oaks, California
Is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,785
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $75,628
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $112k (likely $112k – $114k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $36k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 5 years (likely 3.5–7.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $41k (likely −$99k – $204k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $479k (likely $177k – $832k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools
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
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$87,918
- 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
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools in California
- University of the Pacific$171,261
- University of California-Berkeley$87,791
- University of California-Los Angeles$75,504
- University of California-Irvine$60,242
- Claremont McKenna College$59,984
- University of Southern California$59,455
- California Institute of Integral Studies$59,036
- San Diego State University$55,072
- University of California-Riverside$54,090
- University of Redlands$53,260