California Baptist University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for California Baptist University

California Baptist University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Riverside, California (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 8,179 students of which 9,549 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. California Baptist University is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 84.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $26,285, with published in-state tuition of $41,228 and a Pell grant recipient share of 42.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,063, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 60.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 74.4%. Graduates earn a median of $61,504 ten years after enrolling, compared with $52,336 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 278600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 63.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.