unitid 110413 · Thousand Oaks, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (midsize)
California Lutheran University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,185
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
76%
53rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
2,296
79th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
44th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
70%
finish within 150% time
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$68,426
84th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$30,109
after aid, aided students
81st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$68,712
after entry, Title IV students
82nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$21,669
31st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $22,161 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k14%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110k16%
- 110k+33%
- Median family income
- $56,619
- First-generation students
- 35%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $52,560
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 147 | $77,556 | $23,250 |
| Psychology, General. | 100 | $62,074 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 82 | — | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 78 | $69,710 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 62 | $56,496 | $25,000 |
| Criminology. | 52 | — | $17,250 |
| Biology, General. | 46 | $77,378 | $24,962 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 43 | $53,593 | $21,897 |
| Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions. | 41 | $63,049 | — |
| Education, General. | 40 | — | — |
| Political Science and Government. | 31 | $57,657 | $21,125 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 31 | $118,504 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.