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University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

University of La Verne is a private university in La Verne, California, a suburb of a large city, with 3,050 undergraduates. Education is its signature field: 18% of its bachelor's degrees, about five times its share across the colleges we cover. 63% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $65,464 ten years after starting.

University of La Verne admitted 5,242 of 10,813 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (48.5%).

Acceptance rate
48.5%
Fall 2023 class
Tuition and fees
$49,470
2024–25 school year
Paid after aid
$20,161
Average, students with aid
ACT, middle 50%
18–25

Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.

What University of La Verne is known for

Measured by the 822 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.

Education

17.6%

of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.

  • Business Administration, Management and Operations26031.6% of degrees$76,769+12% vs $68,257 nationally
  • Psychology9311.3% of degrees$56,925+12% vs $50,706 nationally
  • Education809.7% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas657.9% of degrees$54,898+7% vs $51,389 nationally
  • Biology637.7% of degrees$58,897About the $57,214 national median
  • Criminology354.3% of degrees$47,273−15% vs $55,556 nationally

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.

The place

Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.

Setting

Suburb of a large city

La Verne, CA

Undergraduates

3,050

Fall 2024

Type

Private, nonprofit

Doctoral and professional university

Living on campus

Under a quarter

of undergraduates live on campus

Students per faculty member

10 to 1

Fall 2024

International students

1%

of undergraduates, fall 2024

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.

What stands out at University of La Verne

Two things University of La Verne published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.

Scores sent1 of 2

24% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.

The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 4% sent an ACT. University of La Verne files test scores under “considered”.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Cost2 of 2

Families paid $20,161 on average after aid.

Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.

Source: the College Scorecard

Every figure, in full

The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.

Acceptance rate

48.5%

5,242 admitted of 10,813 applicants

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

SAT, middle 50%

Reading 510–650Math 460–653

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

ACT, middle 50%

18–25

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an SAT

24%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Enrolled students who sent an ACT

4%

Counted per test: a student may send both.

Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Where do you actually stand at University of La Verne?

The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.

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What University of La Verne costs

The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.

Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $49,470, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $62,278. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $20,161 a year on average.

Tuition and fees

$49,470

2024–25 school year

Full cost of attendance

$62,278

Tuition, fees, housing, food and books

Paid after aid

$20,161

Average, students who received aid

What students paid, by family income

Each bar is that figure as a share of the $62,278 full cost.

  • Under $30k$20,151Typical public university: $10,013
  • $30k–$48k$27,212Typical public university: $10,847

Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.

Where it leads

Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.

Finish within six years

63%

Our colleges' median: 63%

Return for a second year

65%

Our colleges' median: 79%

Earnings after 10 years

$65,464

Our colleges' median: $57,440

Median debt at graduation

$23,500

Our colleges' median: $23,725

Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.

What University of La Verne says it weighs

The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.

  • Essayrequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Course rigorrequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • GPArequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Recommendationsrequired

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Test scoresconsidered

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

Not considered

  • Class rank

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

  • Legacy

    Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023

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