Graduate School Tuition at California Lutheran University

California Lutheran University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Thousand Oaks, CA. It offers 31 graduate programs - 21 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 1 Post-bachelor's, and 6 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $22,498 for all graduate students. A total of 1,102 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 3,615 students at California Lutheran.

California Lutheran offers online graduate programs and 154 out of 1,102 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Finance program has the highest salary ($75,000) after graduation and the Master's Educational Leadership and Administration program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $71,400 average salary.

You can find California Lutheran's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

California Lutheran University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Thousand Oaks, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $22,498. It offers thirty-one (31) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	California Lutheran University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA
Graduate School Students	1,174 students 154 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$22,498
Student to Faculty	14:1 (7.14%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 31 Graduate Programs 21 Master's, 3 Doctorate, 7 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at California Lutheran University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $22,498 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $983.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$22,198
Fees	$300
Cost per Credit	$983
Books & Supplies	$936
Room & Board	$17,734 (On-Campus) / $19,431 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,046 (On-Campus) / $6,260 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$45,214
Off-Campus Total	$49,125

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$19,556	$20,600	$20,600	$20,600	$22,498

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

California Lutheran University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 31 major areas - 21 Master's (2 online programs), 3 Doctorate , 1 Post-Bachelor', 6 Post-Master'(1 online programs).

439 students have been conferred Master's degree and 29 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	439	29	2	13
Men	163	4	-	5
Women	276	25	2	8

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	41	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	17		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,400	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	34	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$52,400	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Divinity/Ministry	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology	20		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	28	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	93^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Finance	20	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$75,000	-	-
Financial Planning and Services	23^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Information Resources Management	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Technology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Finance		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	$75,000	-	-
Financial Planning and Services	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$71,400	-	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 3,766 students enrolled in California Lutheran University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,174 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 450 male and 724 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 920 full-time and 254 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 154 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 213 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,174	920	254
Men Students	450	343	107
Women Students	724	577	147

By race/ethnicity 462 White, 24 Black, and 51 Asian students are attending at California Lutheran University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,174	450	724
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	20	31	24
Black	24	6	18
Hispanic	421	112	309
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	462	140	322
Tow or More Races	48	18	30
Race Unknown	14	3	11

6 students are younger than 22 and 166 students are older than 65. The school has 665 students aged between 22 and 30 and 265 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,174
21 & Under	6
22-24	287
25-29	378
30-34	150
35-39	115
40 & Over	166

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At California Lutheran, 154 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 213 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	1,102
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	154
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	213
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	735

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	154
California Resident	136
Other State In U.S.	16
Outside of U.S.	2

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