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California Baptist University

Riverside, CA 8,179 Undergrads 61.7% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$54,038
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$26,285
After Aid
Median Earnings
$68,600
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$26,285
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$68,600
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$61,504
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate61.7%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age24.1
Warning: High average starting age indicates non-traditional students with prior work experience, which may inflate the median earnings shown.
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients42.4%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time91.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS75.6%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
84.9%
SAT Avg
-
SAT Reading
25th: --75th: -
SAT Math
25th: --75th: -
ACT Composite
25th: --75th: -

ROI Sensitivity Analysis
Assuming 4 Years to Graduation

This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.

Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$603k
+$136k
+$119k
Median Cost$26k/yr
+$509k
+$42k
+$24k
Full Cost$54k/yr
+$409k
-$58k
-$76k

ROI Efficiency Metrics
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$26k/yr
51
26%
Full Cost$54k/yr
Never
-39%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).⚠️ Warning: The high average starting age or low completion rate may inflate the Median earnings and ROI shown.
  • Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
  • Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
  • NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.

Social Impact ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.

Donor Return19%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.

Taxpayer Return-57%
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator, or for more sophisticated analysis, the Guided ROI Interview, with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis
⚠️ Caution: Underlying earnings data reflects graduates only. This institution flagged for high risk factors (low completion/older demographics) that may artificially inflate this ROI.

Associate's Degrees

Public Administration
AssocCIP: 4404
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,748
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$31,000
Earnings (4yr)
$81,150
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$120k
Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$72,629
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$55k
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$48,922
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$134k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$53,845
Natl Median: $44,533
Lifetime Value Added
-$102k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$52,118
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$108k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$38,697
Earnings (4yr)
$80,632
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$116k
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$68,936
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$90,251
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$190k
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$60,883
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
Median Debt
$25,625
Earnings (4yr)
$67,621
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$17k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$93,038
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$211k
Median Debt
$26,800
Earnings (4yr)
$96,506
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$237k
Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $107,009
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
BachCIP: 1510
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,843
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$65,603
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
+$1k
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,494
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$146k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$40,432
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$207k
Median Debt
$21,500
Earnings (4yr)
$56,656
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $83,343
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$51,834
Natl Median: $43,283
Lifetime Value Added
-$110k
Median Debt
$26,750
Earnings (4yr)
$51,070
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
-$116k
Median Debt
$26,375
Earnings (4yr)
$59,801
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$45k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,911
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
$20,000
Earnings (4yr)
$54,239
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$90k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,597
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,442
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
International/Globalization Studies
BachCIP: 3020
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $59,972
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,821
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
Median Debt
$28,312
Earnings (4yr)
$55,968
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$56,350
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$105,046
Natl Median: $92,135
Lifetime Value Added
+$302k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,103
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$57,338
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$74k
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,012
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Nutrition Sciences
BachCIP: 3019
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $60,053
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$21,250
Earnings (4yr)
$76,789
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
+$87k
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$64,605
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
-$7k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,103
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$34k
Median Debt
$36,707
Earnings (4yr)
$75,949
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
+$80k
Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$33,375
Earnings (4yr)
$77,329
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$91k
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,904
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$101k
Median Debt
$33,323
Earnings (4yr)
$108,157
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$326k
Median Debt
$24,474
Earnings (4yr)
$47,121
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
-$150k
Religious Music and Worship
BachCIP: 3905
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,456
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,471
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,000
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$26,457
Earnings (4yr)
$54,060
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$92k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$26,490
Earnings (4yr)
$60,816
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k
Statistics
BachCIP: 2705
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $92,425
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$28,160
Earnings (4yr)
$41,749
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$195k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$290k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,688
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$84,760
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$58k
Median Debt
$94,769
Earnings (4yr)
$93,839
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$138k
Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$81,768
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
+$32k
Median Debt
$23,851
Earnings (4yr)
$87,685
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$84k
Median Debt
$30,750
Earnings (4yr)
$89,018
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$96k
Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$61,500
Earnings (4yr)
$69,787
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$73k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,953
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$71,464
Earnings (4yr)
$97,691
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
+$172k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $136,736
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,073
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$32,157
Earnings (4yr)
$83,297
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$46k
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $71,685
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $55,512
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $72,125
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $115,974
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
MastCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,285
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,024
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, General
MastCIP: 4201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,711
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$27,334
Earnings (4yr)
$98,056
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$175k
Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$78,489
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
Median Debt
$23,171
Earnings (4yr)
$89,265
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
+$98k
Median Debt
$93,083
Earnings (4yr)
$134,166
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$489k
Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$44,667
Earnings (4yr)
$72,590
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$48k
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$23,309
Earnings (4yr)
$68,926
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$80k
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,825
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$37k

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,464
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $138,131
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Other Programs

Education, General
DegCIP: 1301
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,645
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.

For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate decision moving forward. Note that the institution's average undergraduate net price is used as a proxy for annual cost, which may differ from actual graduate tuition. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.