Biola University
La Mirada, California · Private, nonprofit
Of 31 assessed programs, 30 leave graduates out-earning a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 62 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $27,144 |
| $30k to $48k | $25,410 |
| $48k to $75k | $26,825 |
| $75k to $110k | $29,846 |
| $110k and up | $37,314 |
| All families (average) | $31,495 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
31 of 93 programs could be assessed 33% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $49,450 | +$12,474 | clears the bar | $23,250 | 1.9 yrs | 97 |
| Theology and Ministry | Master's Degree | $62,024 | +$25,048 | clears the bar | $34,327 | 1.4 yrs | 78 |
| Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $111,200 | +$74,224 | clears the bar | $29,000 | 0.4 yrs | 55 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $60,014 | +$23,038 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 1.1 yrs | 54 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Bachelor's Degree | $69,087 | +$32,111 | clears the bar | $26,522 | 0.8 yrs | 50 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $51,566 | +$14,590 | clears the bar | $25,594 | 1.8 yrs | 36 |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other | Master's Degree | $77,659 | +$40,683 | clears the bar | $43,500 | 1.1 yrs | 34 |
| Education | Master's Degree | $76,309 | +$39,333 | clears the bar | $19,797 | 0.5 yrs | 33 |
| Business | Master's Degree | $90,894 | +$53,918 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 32 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies | Master's Degree | $56,442 | +$19,466 | clears the bar | $29,727 | 1.5 yrs | 28 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $43,154 | +$6,178 | clears the bar | $24,500 | 4.0 yrs | 26 |
| Theology and Religious Vocations, Other | Master's Degree | $60,758 | +$23,782 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 25 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Master's Degree | $86,263 | +$49,287 | clears the bar | $61,525 | 1.2 yrs | 25 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $59,925 | +$22,949 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.2 yrs | 23 |
| Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | $110,375 | +$73,399 | clears the bar | $152,555 | 2.1 yrs | 23 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $47,052 | +$10,076 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 2.5 yrs | 23 |
| Religious Education | Bachelor's Degree | $40,261 | +$3,285 | clears the bar | $25,437 | 7.7 yrs | 22 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $47,596 | +$10,620 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 2.5 yrs | 20 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $50,781 | +$13,805 | clears the bar | $26,417 | 1.9 yrs | 20 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $62,319 | +$25,343 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 0.8 yrs | 18 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $29,298 1-year earnings | -$7,678 | falls short | $25,812 | insufficient data | 18 |
| Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $41,492 | +$4,516 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 5.0 yrs | 17 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $91,330 | +$54,354 | clears the bar | $23,875 | 0.4 yrs | 17 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $53,781 | +$16,805 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 1.3 yrs | 16 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $78,943 | +$41,967 | clears the bar | $24,906 | 0.6 yrs | 15 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $58,569 | +$21,593 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 1.3 yrs | 13 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $65,558 | +$28,582 | clears the bar | $24,344 | 0.9 yrs | 11 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $99,007 | +$62,031 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.3 yrs | 10 |
| Radio, TV and Digital Media | Bachelor's Degree | $60,082 | +$23,106 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.9 yrs | insufficient data |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, General | Master's Degree | $57,874 | +$20,898 | clears the bar | $46,341 | 2.2 yrs | insufficient data |
| Business | Bachelor's Degree | $69,873 | +$32,897 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.7 yrs | insufficient data |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 106 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 75 |
| Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 21 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 20 |
| Counseling Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 17 |
| Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Philosophy | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Engineering Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Theology and Ministry | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Religious Education | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | $24,030 | insufficient data | 9 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Theology and Ministry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Bible/Biblical Studies | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Health Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Religious Music and Worship | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Human Development and Family Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Religious Education | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Theology and Ministry | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Theology and Religious Vocations, Other | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Theology and Religious Vocations, Other | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Physical Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Social Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Anthropology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Education | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries | Associate's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.