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California Baptist University

Riverside, CA 8,179 Undergrads 62.9% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$54,370
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$24,138
After Aid
Median Earnings
$69,550
5yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$24,138
Peer Midpoint: $19,969
Earnings (5yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$69,550
Peer Midpoint: $61,632
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$67,633
Peer Midpoint: $58,891
Graduation Rate62.9%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average starting age (2015-17)24.1
Socio-Economic Diversity
Pell Grant Recipients46.1%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time91.1%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS75.9%

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)

Institution Lifetime NPV
Vs Median Peer
Vs HS Grad
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
+$604k
+$134k
+$117k
Median Cost$24k/yr
+$517k
+$47k
+$31k
Full Cost$54k/yr
+$408k
-$62k
-$78k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age
Return on Inv. %
Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0
31
∞
Median Cost$24k/yr
48
35%
Full Cost$54k/yr
Never
-40%
Analysis Assumptions:
  • Starting Salary: Estimated from the median earnings five years after graduating, with four years of 2% raises taken out.
  • 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

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 Return15%

Gov. Pell Grant ROINew

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-59%

Program ROI Analysis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Associate's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $80,813
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$30,015
Earnings (4yr)
$81,150
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$130k
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Air Transportation
BachCIP: 4901
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,629
Natl Median: $85,825
Lifetime Value Added
+$65k
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Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
BachCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,914
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Behavioral Sciences
BachCIP: 3017
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$48,922
Natl Median: $48,673
Lifetime Value Added
-$127k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$32,569
Natl Median: $44,533
Lifetime Value Added
-$256k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,466
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$23,617
Earnings (4yr)
$52,118
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$100k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $93,451
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$80,632
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$126k
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Median Debt
$26,687
Earnings (4yr)
$68,936
Natl Median: $68,407
Lifetime Value Added
+$36k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,158
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Civil Engineering
BachCIP: 1408
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$90,251
Natl Median: $86,517
Lifetime Value Added
+$199k
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Median Debt
$21,000
Earnings (4yr)
$60,883
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
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Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$67,621
Natl Median: $58,928
Lifetime Value Added
+$26k
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Median Debt
$39,646
Earnings (4yr)
$93,038
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$221k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$96,506
Natl Median: $109,015
Lifetime Value Added
+$247k
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Computer Science
BachCIP: 1107
Median Debt
$23,449
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
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$65,603
Natl Median: $55,378
Lifetime Value Added
+$10k
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Median Debt
$24,217
Earnings (4yr)
$47,494
Natl Median: $51,490
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$40,432
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
-$199k
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Median Debt
$16,375
Earnings (4yr)
$56,656
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$62k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,027
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$23,500
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
-$102k
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Median Debt
$27,075
Earnings (4yr)
$51,070
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
-$109k
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Median Debt
$22,690
Earnings (4yr)
$59,801
Natl Median: $61,296
Lifetime Value Added
-$36k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $61,911
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$54,239
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
-$82k
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Median Debt
$39,062
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $48,597
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
-
Earnings (4yr)
$58,821
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$44k
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Median Debt
$27,000
Earnings (4yr)
$55,968
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $86,176
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Marketing
BachCIP: 5214
Median Debt
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$56,350
Natl Median: $69,303
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k
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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
+$312k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $40,103
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (2yr)
$50,856
Natl Median: $55,693
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
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Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
$20,750
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
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$76,789
Natl Median: $62,172
Lifetime Value Added
+$97k
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Median Debt
$19,500
Earnings (4yr)
$64,605
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$2k
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Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$61,103
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$26k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$75,949
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
+$90k
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Public Health
BachCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$26,188
Earnings (4yr)
$77,329
Natl Median: $58,808
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
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Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$52,904
Natl Median: $63,560
Lifetime Value Added
-$93k
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Median Debt
$28,500
Earnings (4yr)
$108,157
Natl Median: $88,910
Lifetime Value Added
+$336k
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Median Debt
$22,438
Earnings (4yr)
$47,121
Natl Median: $41,390
Lifetime Value Added
-$142k
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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
$25,500
Earnings (4yr)
$54,060
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$84k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
BachCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$25,250
Earnings (4yr)
$60,816
Natl Median: $54,562
Lifetime Value Added
-$28k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,887
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$41,749
Natl Median: $47,382
Lifetime Value Added
-$188k
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Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$29,685
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$283k
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Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$84,760
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
+$63k
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Median Debt
$122,000
Earnings (4yr)
$93,839
Natl Median: $127,347
Lifetime Value Added
+$143k
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Applied Mathematics
MastCIP: 2703
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $116,060
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Architecture
MastCIP: 0402
Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$81,768
Natl Median: $74,139
Lifetime Value Added
+$37k
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Median Debt
$23,917
Earnings (4yr)
$87,685
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$89k
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Median Debt
$27,334
Earnings (4yr)
$89,018
Natl Median: $125,988
Lifetime Value Added
+$101k
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Civil Engineering
MastCIP: 1408
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $98,323
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$54,667
Earnings (4yr)
$69,787
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
-$68k
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Median Debt
$68,479
Earnings (4yr)
$97,691
Natl Median: $67,030
Lifetime Value Added
+$177k
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Education, General
MastCIP: 1301
Median Debt
$34,750
Earnings (4yr)
$83,297
Natl Median: $65,824
Lifetime Value Added
+$51k
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Median Debt
-
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: $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
Median Debt
$34,167
Earnings (4yr)
$98,056
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$180k
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Public Health
MastCIP: 5122
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$78,489
Natl Median: $82,751
Lifetime Value Added
+$8k
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Median Debt
$20,500
Earnings (4yr)
$89,265
Natl Median: $80,125
Lifetime Value Added
+$103k
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Median Debt
$86,089
Earnings (4yr)
$134,166
Natl Median: $120,193
Lifetime Value Added
+$494k
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Social Work
MastCIP: 4407
Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$72,590
Natl Median: $65,123
Lifetime Value Added
-$43k
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Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
MastCIP: 3105
Median Debt
$23,917
Earnings (4yr)
$68,926
Natl Median: $62,033
Lifetime Value Added
-$76k
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Median Debt
$41,000
Earnings (4yr)
$73,825
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
-$33k
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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

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.