California Lutheran University Business Programs

Located in Thousand Oaks, California, California Lutheran University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of CLU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

California Lutheran University Rankings

CLU is ranked #271 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at CLU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#105	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#117	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards CLU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Information Resources Management Graduates	College Factual
#5	Highest Paid Master’s Degree Management Information Systems Graduates	College Factual
#43	Highest Paid Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduates	College Factual
#58	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#70	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#200	Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual

Where Is California Lutheran University?

Contact details for CLU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360-2787
Phone:	805-492-2411
Website:	www.callutheran.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/callutheran
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/CalLutheran

How Do I Get Into CLU?

You can apply to CLU online at: www.callutheran.edu/admission/apply.html

Admission Requirements for CLU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into CLU?

The acceptance rate at California Lutheran University is 74%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% of students accepted to CLU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 530 and 620.

CLU received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford California Lutheran University?

The overall average net price of CLU is $41,330. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At CLU, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,088 a year. That adds up to $28,352 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CLU is 2.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

California Lutheran University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,804 undergraduate students at CLU, with 2,714 being full-time and 90 being part-time.

There are also 1,223 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,714 full-time undergraduates at CLU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of California Lutheran University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	147
Black or African American	98
Hispanic or Latino	1,061
White	1,068
International Students	66
Other Races/Ethnicities	274

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at California Lutheran University. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 52 countries are represented at CLU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan.

Online Learning at California Lutheran University

In 2019-2020, 4,023 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CLU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 45th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of CLU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at California Lutheran University was $45,982 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how CLU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Information Resources Management	#16	#16
Financial Planning & Services	#16	#16
Entrepreneurial Studies	#24	#24
Organizational Behavior Studies	#53	#53
Finance	#54	#54
International Business	#63	#63
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#63	#63
Finance & Financial Management	#75	#75

Online Affordability Rankings of CLU Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at California Lutheran University was $45,982 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how CLU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Financial Planning & Services	#4	#4
Finance & Financial Management	#54	#54
Organizational Leadership	#74	#74

Online Growth Rankings of CLU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at California Lutheran University was 904.6%. This is the #95 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CLU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CLU ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CLU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Finance & Financial Management	#1
Financial Planning & Services	#1
Organizational Leadership	#5
Business Administration & Management	#19

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

California Lutheran University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	106	4	93	203
Accounting	47	0	0	47
Management Science	31	0	14	45
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	1	28	29
Organizational Leadership	26	0	0	26
Finance	0	0	23	23
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	0	14	14
General Economics	9	0	0	9
Entrepreneurship	0	0	7	7
Financial Planning & Services	0	0	6	6
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	5	5
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	5	5
Information Resources Management	0	0	1	1
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	219	5	196	420

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Niceley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.