Stanbridge University
For-profit College in Irvine, CA. Six-year graduation rate 62%. Median 10-year earnings $62,144.
Ten-year median earnings of $62,144 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. 62% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $20,000, 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.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 10% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
This is a highly selective admit: 10% of applicants receive an offer. The applicant pool runs to 3,320, typical for a school of this reach. A 94% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through.
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
Academics
Completion is middling: 62% finish inside six years. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a for-profit four-year institution, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 3,033 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $42,130 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $36,623 at $0–30k versus $49,714 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 63% of students at an average of $9,522. 90% 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 · 819 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 | $36,623 |
| $30–48k | $43,299 |
| $48–75k | $47,525 |
| $75–110k | $49,714 |
| $110k+ | $49,714 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,718 of these 3,033 students, totalling $30,426,901 — an average of $11,195 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Orange 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)