After Lionel University: graduation, pay and debt
Carpinteria, California · For-profit · 480 undergrads
38% of Lionel University students finish within six years and graduates leave with $12,668 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
38%
finish within six years.
67%
of first-years come back for year two.
$12.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers
Finishing
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
38%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
67%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
37%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
86
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
8.1%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$12,668
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,334
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,334
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,500
Where these numbers come from
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard (checked May 7, 2026)
Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers