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University of La Verne

La Verne, CA 3,050 Undergrads 63.4% Grad Rate
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Total Cost
$62,278
Sticker Price
Avg Net Price
$20,161
After Aid
Median Earnings
$64,109
4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$20,161
Peer Midpoint: $20,081
Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)Completers only after graduation
$64,109
Peer Midpoint: $60,428
Earnings (10yr Post-Enroll)All enrolled after enrollment
$65,464
Peer Midpoint: $53,763
Graduation Rate63.4%
Peer Midpoint: 58.9%
Average Starting Age26.1
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 Recipients49.5%
Enrollment Status
Full-Time86.2%
Economic Outcomes
Earn More than HS78.1%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance
71.2%
SAT Avg
1,083
SAT Reading
25th: 49851875th: 663
SAT Math
25th: 48850375th: 573
ACT Composite
25th: 182175th: 25

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
+$568k
+$101k
+$84k
Median Cost$20k/yr
+$496k
+$29k
+$11k
Full Cost$62k/yr
+$344k
-$123k
-$140k

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
34
∞
Median Cost$20k/yr
56
16%
Full Cost$62k/yr
Never
-63%
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 Return-25%

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-71%
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

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$59,398
Natl Median: $44,125
Lifetime Value Added
+$102k

Bachelor's Degrees

Median Debt
$28,000
Earnings (4yr)
$77,520
Natl Median: $76,194
Lifetime Value Added
+$114k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Anthropology
BachCIP: 4502
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,676
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Biology, General
BachCIP: 2601
Median Debt
$25,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,897
Natl Median: $57,214
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
Median Debt
$24,284
Earnings (4yr)
$76,769
Natl Median: $68,257
Lifetime Value Added
+$109k
Chemistry
BachCIP: 4005
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,120
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,655
Earnings (4yr)
$66,891
Natl Median: $56,359
Lifetime Value Added
+$33k
Median Debt
$24,125
Earnings (4yr)
$90,694
Natl Median: $92,374
Lifetime Value Added
+$215k
Criminology
BachCIP: 4504
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$47,273
Natl Median: $55,556
Lifetime Value Added
-$126k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $39,775
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Economics
BachCIP: 4506
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $82,686
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,753
Earnings (2yr)
$26,353
Natl Median: $48,590
Lifetime Value Added
-$298k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $43,765
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$24,035
Natl Median: $41,367
Lifetime Value Added
-$319k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $58,716
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
History
BachCIP: 5401
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $50,680
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$26,000
Earnings (4yr)
$45,712
Natl Median: $48,568
Lifetime Value Added
-$139k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $73,201
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $66,596
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Journalism
BachCIP: 0904
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$26,739
Natl Median: $56,278
Lifetime Value Added
-$294k
Median Debt
$23,000
Earnings (4yr)
$58,953
Natl Median: $53,072
Lifetime Value Added
-$30k
Mathematics
BachCIP: 2701
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $69,562
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Music
BachCIP: 5009
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $42,892
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Non-Professional Legal Studies
BachCIP: 2200
Median Debt
$27,870
Earnings (4yr)
$66,373
Natl Median: $61,959
Lifetime Value Added
+$29k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $46,083
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Philosophy
BachCIP: 3801
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $54,455
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Physics
BachCIP: 4008
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $76,786
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$22,000
Earnings (4yr)
$63,107
Natl Median: $63,293
Lifetime Value Added
+$4k
Psychology, General
BachCIP: 4201
Median Debt
$23,250
Earnings (4yr)
$56,925
Natl Median: $50,706
Lifetime Value Added
-$46k
Median Debt
$25,666
Earnings (5yr)
$85,403
Natl Median: $65,093
Lifetime Value Added
+$162k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$55,332
Natl Median: $50,497
Lifetime Value Added
-$59k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $41,390
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
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $53,366
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
$31,250
Earnings (2yr)
$44,942
Natl Median: $56,812
Lifetime Value Added
-$131k
Sociology
BachCIP: 4511
Median Debt
$23,185
Earnings (4yr)
$61,350
Natl Median: $52,657
Lifetime Value Added
-$10k
Median Debt
$22,110
Earnings (4yr)
$54,898
Natl Median: $51,389
Lifetime Value Added
-$63k

Master's Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $95,833
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$100,049
Natl Median: $103,485
Lifetime Value Added
+$186k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$104,707
Natl Median: $65,184
Lifetime Value Added
+$226k
Education, Other
MastCIP: 1399
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$70,167
Natl Median: $65,348
Lifetime Value Added
-$70k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$102,743
Natl Median: $69,767
Lifetime Value Added
+$210k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$85,444
Natl Median: $89,981
Lifetime Value Added
+$61k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$68,799
Natl Median: $58,524
Lifetime Value Added
-$82k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$89,399
Natl Median: $83,558
Lifetime Value Added
+$95k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$72,140
Natl Median: $59,282
Lifetime Value Added
-$53k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$86,240
Natl Median: $81,408
Lifetime Value Added
+$68k
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $64,397
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
$79,892
Natl Median: $60,111
Lifetime Value Added
+$27k

Graduate Certificates

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,226
Lifetime Value Added
N/A

Doctoral Degrees

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $99,878
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$133,709
Natl Median: $99,496
Lifetime Value Added
+$251k
Law
DocCIP: 2201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $105,518
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Psychology, Other
DocCIP: 4299
Median Debt
-
Earnings (2yr)
$65,765
Natl Median: $100,857
Lifetime Value Added
-$213k

Professional Degrees

Law
ProfCIP: 2201
Median Debt
-
Earnings (5yr)
$90,063
Natl Median: $98,007
Lifetime Value Added
-$65k

Other Programs

Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $62,426
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $56,308
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $70,406
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $65,259
Lifetime Value Added
N/A
Median Debt
-
Earnings (4yr)
-
Natl Median: $57,802
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.