by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, California Lutheran University landed the #302 spot.
CLU also ranked #40 for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and CLU took the #297 spot on the list.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California, CLU came in at #37.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 69.2% of the total graduate students at CLU are women and 30.8% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 46.4% of the graduate student population at CLU. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 12.2% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $20,450 | $20,450 |
| Fees | $150 | $150 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from CLU is $65,874. That's good news for those graduates since it is 13% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from CLU enter careers with an average starting salary of $95,459. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 27% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of California Lutheran University.
Contact details for CLU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-2787 |
| Phone: | 805-492-2411 |
| Website: | www.callutheran.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/callutheran |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/CalLutheran |
Around 38.4% of CLU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 14.5% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 11 |
| Educational Administration | 15 |
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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