Private for-profit · University
Lionel University
Carpinteria, California · Midsize suburb
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- Admit rate
- $29,453
- Avg net price
- 67%
- Graduation rate
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- Median earnings
Lionel University is a private for-profit bachelor's-granting institution in Carpinteria, California (midsize suburb setting), enrolling 370 undergraduates. Programs are offered entirely online.
About Carpinteria, California
Carpinteria is a small seaside city in southeastern Santa Barbara County, California. Carpinteria was home to a Chumash village during pre-colonial times, which was known as Šujtu. Carpinteria hosts an annual California Avocado Festival, with a history extending back to 1986. Over 80,000 persons attend the three-day festival which takes place during the first weekend of October. The festival offers avocado products and locally made goods. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 12 miles to Santa Barbara, CA
- To the ocean
- < 1 mile
How Lionel University compares
Higher than 73% · #55 of 122 in California
Higher than 45%
Cheaper than 17% · #72 cheapest of 118 in California
Lower than 94%
Lower than 4%
Larger than 18%
Percentiles compare Lionel University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in California.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate37092%
- Graduate338%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women14038%
- Men23062%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White46%
- Black30%
- Hispanic13%
- Asian1.4%
- Other or multiracial9.5%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 370
- Graduate enrollment
- 33
- Student–faculty ratio
- 24 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Students over 25
- 94%
- Median family income
- $29,662
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $45,000
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $15,265
- Room & board
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- Books & supplies
- $0
- Total cost of attendance
- $31,812
- Average net price
- $29,453
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 67%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 5%
- First-year retention
- 75%
- Transferred to another college
- 19%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
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- Median debt at graduation
- $12,668
- Students with federal loans
- 66%
About 62% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$29,817/year × about 5.4 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 2% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,176. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 41 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 78°F
- Winter low
- 46°F
- Annual rain
- 19″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Santa Barbara, CA US station (11.5 mi from campus).
What Lionel University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.