Master's · Thousand Oaks, California
Is Special Education and Teaching 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 3.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $83,077
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $87,048
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $30,700
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $33k (likely $33k – $33k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $18k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.5 years (likely 1.8–12.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$28k (likely −$167k – $130k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $164k (likely −$130k – $471k)
- 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
- 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
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,919
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$77,030
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$76,916
Special Education and Teaching at other schools in California
- California State University-Los Angeles$104,208
- California State University-Fullerton$95,677
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$95,089
- Notre Dame de Namur University$94,588
- California State University-Long Beach$91,444
- University of San Francisco$89,791
- Point Loma Nazarene University$86,603
- National University$85,908
- California State University-Northridge$85,826
- Loyola Marymount University$85,524