Life Pacific University
Private College in San Dimas, CA. Six-year graduation rate 40%. Median 10-year earnings $43,299.
Ten years after entry, the median Life Pacific University student earns $43,299 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 40%, meaning about three in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,395, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
Admission is not the constraint here: 96% of applicants are accepted. Only 238 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. About 34% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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: 40% finish inside six years. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 393 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,602 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $16,786 while those at $110k+ pay $25,877. 92% of students get grant aid averaging $10,873, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 66% 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 · 71 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 | $16,786 |
| $30–48k | $18,984 |
| $48–75k | $18,255 |
| $75–110k | $23,108 |
| $110k+ | $25,877 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 261 of these 393 students, totalling $1,910,324 — an average of $7,319 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.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)