by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of La Verne was awarded 115 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is child care & support services management.
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ULV is ranked #635 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when ULV held the #823 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
ULV is also ranked #94 out of 168 schools in California.
University of La Verne has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 7% of students accepted to ULV submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 455 and 580. Math scores were between 450 and 555.
The student to faculty ratio at University of La Verne is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of La Verne is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of La Verne enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At ULV the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,120 undergraduates at ULV with 3,244 being full-time and 876 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of ULV, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At ULV, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $5,645 a year. That adds up to $22,580 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at ULV is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for ULV are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1950 Third St, La Verne, CA 91750-4401 |
| Phone: | 909-593-3511 |
| Website: | https://www.laverne.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-La-Verne/347968898595738 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/ULaVerne |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 124 | $23,811 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 122 | $29,529 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 78 | $23,215 |
| General Biology | 57 | $25,762 |
| Criminology | 57 | $33,774 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 42 | $33,817 |
| Computer Information Systems | 39 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 37 | $28,289 |
| Accounting | 32 | $46,158 |
| Public Administration | 27 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,663 students took at least one online class at University of La Verne. This is a decrease from the 6,983 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,663 | 678 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,983 | 6,983 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,743 | 894 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,713 | 947 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,552 | 844 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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