Los Angeles
Pacific University
Private College in San Dimas, CA. Six-year graduation rate 17%.
Completion is the weak point: 17% graduate within six years. Graduates carry a median of $18,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 17% — below national average
Academics
A six-year graduation rate of 17% means finishing is closer to the exception than the rule. Retention is weak: only 57% of full-time first-years return, so roughly two in five leave after one year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 17% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. The 24:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,453 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $22,498 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($23,408 versus $26,112), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 61% get grants averaging $8,712, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 83% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 14 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 | $23,408 |
| $30–48k | $20,748 |
| $48–75k | $22,577 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | $26,112 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,204 of these 1,453 students, totalling $12,490,516 — an average of $10,374 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)