Master's · Fullerton, California
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Hope International University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $55,920
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $69,591
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $54,666
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $58k (likely $58k – $58k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $612 a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$255k (likely −$322k – −$171k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$195k (likely −$356k – −$373)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Hope International University
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$107,066
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$69,552
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education (Master's)$67,080
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,912
- Social Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$58,263
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Master's)$50,745
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Bachelor's)$50,647
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$47,206
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$45,971
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (Undergraduate certificate)$37,081
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in California
- Chapman University$107,808
- California State University-Long Beach$100,315
- Loyola Marymount University$100,264
- University of Massachusetts Global$99,745
- San Francisco State University$96,854
- Fresno Pacific University$96,593
- University of Southern California$96,014
- Golden Gate University$95,577
- Touro University Worldwide$89,314
- University of San Francisco$88,276