Master's · Riverside, California
Is Student Counseling and Personnel Services at La Sierra University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 12.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $60,396
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,204
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $52,214
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $55k (likely $55k – $55k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $7k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 12.6 years (likely 6.3–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$179k (likely −$287k – −$53k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$51k (likely −$276k – $251k)
- 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 La Sierra University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$95,296
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$77,289
- Social Work (Bachelor's)$69,244
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,153
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$56,939
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$55,711
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Bachelor's)$53,902
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$51,085
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$49,265
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$48,040
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$29,115
Student Counseling and Personnel Services at other schools in California
- Fresno Pacific University$94,232
- San Francisco State University$91,778
- Concordia University-Irvine$91,553
- California State University-Los Angeles$88,659
- California State University-East Bay$85,452
- Alliant International University-San Diego$84,805
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$84,789
- California State University-Bakersfield$82,248
- California Lutheran University$82,204
- University of Redlands$82,138