Which California Baptist University major has the lowest debt?

English graduates leave with a median of $20,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 28 California Baptist University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does California Baptist University cost?

Tuition and fees are $41,228 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $26,285 a year.

How many California Baptist University programs report graduate pay?

30 bachelor's programs at California Baptist University report first-year pay, and 28 of them also report federal debt.

California Baptist University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Riverside, CA
8,179 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

30 California Baptist University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($92,441), and Film and Photography the least ($25,031). The median program pays $35,644.

Tuition and fees$41,228Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$26,285Per year

Graduation rate62%Within 6 years

Admission rate85%Of applicants

All 30 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
1	NursingAbout 179 graduates a year	$92,441	$101,705	$35,718	34th of 35
2	Computer EngineeringAbout 13 graduates a year	$75,087	$83,205	$27,000	12th of 19
3	Civil EngineeringAbout 22 graduates a year	$73,497	$97,633	$27,000	11th of 20
4	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 54 graduates a year	$72,224	$92,844	$27,000	14th of 26
5	Public AdministrationAbout 16 graduates a year	$68,682	Not reported	$39,244	3rd of 7
6	Business AdministrationAbout 183 graduates a year	$64,987	Not reported	$49,129	7th of 57
7	AccountingAbout 30 graduates a year	$57,485	$81,101	$34,104	19th of 23
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year	$55,001	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 18
9	BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$51,146	$71,107	$28,619	2nd of 6
10	AviationAbout 36 graduates a year	$48,989	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
11	Public HealthAbout 38 graduates a year	$46,263	$49,280	$35,287	4th of 16
12	CommunicationsAbout 26 graduates a year	$42,300	$64,872	$25,126	9th of 39
13	MarketingAbout 38 graduates a year	$41,108	$65,667	$27,000	9th of 13
14	Communication Sciences and DisordersAbout 58 graduates a year	$38,559	$53,473	$26,375	1st of 13
15	Criminal JusticeAbout 61 graduates a year	$35,960	$65,292	$26,372	11th of 20
16	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 130 graduates a year	$35,328	$50,987	$27,449	1st of 31
17	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 66 graduates a year	$33,793	$55,626	$28,587	10th of 34
18	PsychologyAbout 164 graduates a year	$33,043	$57,219	$27,000	13th of 54
19	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 31 graduates a year	$32,782	$46,015	$22,718	9th of 10
20	Health SciencesAbout 30 graduates a year	$31,550	$67,570	$27,000	13th of 13
21	Physiology and PathologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$31,146	Not reported	$23,125	4th of 6
22	SociologyAbout 30 graduates a year	$30,430	$51,977	$27,000	33rd of 42
23	Teacher EducationAbout 61 graduates a year	$29,717	$41,923	$31,250	12th of 18
24	Religious StudiesAbout 23 graduates a year	$29,582	$40,623	$24,474	1st of 4
25	BiologyAbout 63 graduates a year	$29,214	$69,737	$27,000	35th of 47
26	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 58 graduates a year	$28,669	Not reported	$26,487	20th of 27
27	Political ScienceAbout 22 graduates a year	$27,624	$53,379	$26,400	41st of 44
28	EnglishAbout 18 graduates a year	$26,123	$42,948	$20,500	16th of 35
29	JournalismAbout 7 graduates a year	$26,026	Not reported	$26,869	14th of 14
30	Film and PhotographyAbout 20 graduates a year	$25,031	Not reported	$26,988	12th of 25

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five California programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

English$20,500
Public Relations and Advertising$22,718
Physiology and Pathology$23,125
Religious Studies$24,474
Communications$25,126

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 183 graduates a year
NursingAbout 179 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 164 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 130 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 66 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $92,441 in their first year, the most of 30 California Baptist University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of California rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels