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Bachelor's · Loma Linda, California

Is Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions at Loma Linda University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$120,865
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$135,162
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$20,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$106k (likely $106k – $147k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$95k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
1.8 years (likely 1.4–2.3)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$641k (likely $481k – $828k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$1.74M (likely $1.39M – $2.16M)
Today's dollars

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Students heading toward health & medicine majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.

AP classes

  • AP Biology
  • AP Chemistry
  • AP Psychology
  • AP Statistics

IB Higher Level

  • Biology HL
  • Chemistry HL

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