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Loma Linda University

Private Research University in Loma Linda, CA. Median 10-year earnings $89,816.

Verdict High-return
Loma Linda University · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$89,816
Median debt at grad
$20,854
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Loma Linda University reach a median of $89,816 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Median debt at graduation is $20,854, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.23 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags

Academics

Full-time retention
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Transfer-out rate
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Student:faculty
3:1

The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. The 3:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 979, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

Average net price
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Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
71%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
73%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 867 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. 71% of students receive grant aid, averaging $9,645 — common but not automatic. 73% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.

Federal student loans went to 629 of these 867 students, totalling $6,988,627 — an average of $11,111 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

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

Studio
$1,692/mo
1 bedroom
$1,777/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$2,201/mo

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

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
114
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
No

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Loma Linda 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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