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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

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers