- The Inkwell
- California
- Lionel University
Carpinteria, CASuburb: midsizeZIP 93013
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2015
- Website
- lionel.edu
CaliforniaPrivate for-profit
Lionel University
Lionel University is a private for-profit university in Carpinteria, California, with 370 undergraduates. It graduates 100% within six years and costs $46,466 a year after aid.
100%graduate
Retention75%
4-year graduation67%
Pell Grant share22%
Federal loans19%
$46,466net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
100%graduate in 6 years
—median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,875median debt
#1,701 of 1,739 for lowest net price#6 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $48,736tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $15,195
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,195
- Average net price
- $46,466national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$46,331
$30,001–48,000$46,940
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college75%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college100%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college22%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 100%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 67%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 80%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,429
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,875
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Median, Lionel University—
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 370
- Part-time
- 29%
- Women / men
- 32% / 68%
- Average age at entry
- 31.1
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 26%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,000 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $1,870
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White46%
Hispanic13%
Black30%
Asian1.4%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native3.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.1%
Unknown0.5%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences54%
Parks, recreation & fitness46%
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| American Medical Sciences Center Glendale, CA | $41,467 | 100% | $30,594 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 485519.