University of La Verne Criminology (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Criminology
- Private nonprofit university
- La Verne, CA
- About 35 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
University of La Verne criminology graduates earn about what criminology graduates earn nationally, $34,292 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $26,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $25,000. Several California programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all criminology bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, University of La Verne graduates earn more than the national figure and about $6,520 more than the California median.
Debt and first-year pay at every California criminology program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 78% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $276 a month, or 9.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual. Separately, 29 parents took out Parent PLUS loans for these students, with a median of $48,123.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
93% of graduates (50 of 54) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Los Angeles area are about 14% above the national average, so a $34,292 salary here buys what about $30,196 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to criminology, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Sociologists
$125,770Median pay in California. 590 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 200 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
About University of La Verne
Criminology ranks 6th of 14 bachelor's programs at University of La Verne by first-year earnings. The top three are Accounting ($58,985), Business Administration ($57,154), and Computer and Information Science ($52,160).
Other criminology bachelor's programs near La Verne
Common questions
The median graduate earns $34,292 one year after graduating and $61,109 five years after. The median across criminology bachelor's programs in California is $34,292.
The median federal loan balance is $26,000, which ranks 7th lowest of 7 criminology bachelor's programs in California. That works out to about $276 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 76% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 64%. Compare the cost with other California programs before deciding.
Most do. 93% (50 of 54) were working in California one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the criminology program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024