Master's · Thousand Oaks, California
Is Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at California Lutheran 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 15.3 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $59,710
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $74,008
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $54,550
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $58k (likely $58k – $58k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 15.3 years (likely 8.0–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$208k (likely −$306k – −$105k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$96k (likely −$320k – $133k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at California Lutheran University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$150,979
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's)$101,050
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$97,243
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$95,459
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$89,573
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$87,918
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's)$83,310
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$82,204
- Marketing (Master's)$81,263
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$81,041
- Public Administration (Master's)$77,919
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$77,030
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions at other schools in California
- Keck Graduate Institute$97,400
- University of San Diego$80,953
- Chapman University$77,174
- The Chicago School at Anaheim$76,832
- The Chicago School at Los Angeles$76,832
- The Chicago School at San Diego$76,832
- University of Redlands$75,974
- Alliant International University-San Diego$74,086
- University of Southern California$72,615
- San Francisco State University$72,271