California Baptist University
Private College in Riverside, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $61,504.
Students who entered California Baptist University reach a median of $61,504 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Six-year completion sits at 62%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $26,063, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 2.4% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 85% puts California Baptist University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 7,990, typical for a school of this reach. Yield sits at 24% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 25% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 38% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,914 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $27,862 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $22,298 while those at $110k+ pay $33,971. Grant aid is widespread — 96% of students receive it, averaging $22,215. Borrowing is widespread: 62% take federal loans.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,258 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $22,298 |
| $30–48k | $21,941 |
| $48–75k | $22,620 |
| $75–110k | $26,179 |
| $110k+ | $33,971 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,907 of these 7,914 students, totalling $36,398,559 — an average of $7,418 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Riverside County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)