Which California Lutheran University major has the lowest debt?

Criminology graduates leave with a median of $17,250 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 California Lutheran University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does California Lutheran University cost?

Tuition and fees are $52,560 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $30,109 a year.

How many California Lutheran University programs report graduate pay?

15 bachelor's programs at California Lutheran University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

California Lutheran University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Thousand Oaks, CA
2,296 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

15 California Lutheran University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Accounting pays the most in the first year ($72,696), and Music the least ($20,650). The median program pays $34,989.

Tuition and fees$52,560Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$30,109Per year

Graduation rate70%Within 6 years

Admission rate76%Of applicants

All 15 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	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$72,696	$77,276	$21,858	3rd of 23
2	Computer ScienceAbout 26 graduates a year	$68,398	$91,699	$25,500	20th of 39
3	Management ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$57,276	Not reported	$24,728	3rd of 6
4	Business AdministrationAbout 147 graduates a year	$55,234	$77,556	$23,250	19th of 57
5	Criminal JusticeGraduates a year not reported	$43,122	$67,177	$20,000	4th of 20
6	CommunicationsAbout 43 graduates a year	$37,249	$53,593	$21,897	20th of 39
7	Political ScienceAbout 31 graduates a year	$36,061	$57,657	$21,125	21st of 44
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$34,989	$59,025	$21,897	9th of 34
9	Other Communication and JournalismGraduates a year not reported	$34,432	$65,117	$24,000	1st of 1
10	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year	$33,818	$56,496	$25,000	4th of 31
11	BiologyAbout 46 graduates a year	$32,894	$77,378	$24,962	27th of 47
12	CriminologyAbout 52 graduates a year	$31,963	Not reported	$17,250	5th of 7
13	PsychologyAbout 100 graduates a year	$30,918	$62,074	$25,000	23rd of 54
14	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 2 graduates a year	$23,879	Not reported	$22,875	8th of 8
15	MusicAbout 24 graduates a year	$20,650	Not reported	$25,980	15th of 24

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.

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 147 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 100 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 62 graduates a year
CriminologyAbout 52 graduates a year
BiologyAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Accounting graduates earn a median of $72,696 in their first year, the most of 15 California Lutheran 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