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Abraham Lincoln University

For-profit College in Glendale, CA.

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Abraham Lincoln University · Campus
Federal loan default
0%
Green Flags
  • ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
33%
Transfer-out rate
0%
Student:faculty
2:1

A six-year graduation rate of 0% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Just 33% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. The 2:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Being a for-profit four-year institution is the single most useful context for these numbers — the sector's spread is wide enough that the school-level figures matter more than usual.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$28,584
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
53%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
60%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 45 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Net price averages $28,584 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. 53% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,455 — common but not automatic. Borrowing is widespread: 60% 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.

% receiving grants
67%
Average grant
$5,570

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 3 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 $28,584
$30–48k —
$48–75k —
$75–110k —
$110k+ —

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 27 of these 45 students, totalling $306,351 — an average of $11,346 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Los Angeles County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,863/mo
1 bedroom
$2,085/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,601/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
2
Yellow Ribbon
Yes
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Abraham Lincoln University

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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