Private for-profit · Community college

Lu Ross Academy

Ventura, California · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $19,444
Avg net price: 65%
Grad / completion: $23,148
Median earnings

Lu Ross Academy is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Ventura, California (midsize city setting), enrolling 229 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 229 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Ventura, California

Ventura, officially the City of San Buenaventura, is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. Archaeological discoveries in the area suggest that humans have populated the region for at least 10,000–12,000 years. The Majestic Ventura Theater is an early-20th-century landmark in the downtown. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 25 miles to Santa Barbara, CA
To the ocean: < 1 mile
Nearest airport: 33 miles to Santa Barbara (SBA)

How Lu Ross Academy compares

Graduation rate65%

Higher than 55% · #193 of 382 in California

First-year retention83%

Higher than 68%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$23,148

Higher than 12% · #295 of 326 in California

Average net price$19,444

Cheaper than 34% · #195 cheapest of 377 in California

Median debt at graduation$6,333

Lower than 90%

Student–faculty ratio20 : 1

Lower than 29%

Undergraduate enrollment229

Larger than 48%

Percentiles compare Lu Ross Academy with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in California.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women17074%
Men5926%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White18%
Black1.3%
Hispanic76%
Asian0.9%
Other or multiracial3.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 229
Student–faculty ratio: 20 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 50%
First-generation students: 58%
Students over 25: 37%
Median family income: $20,586

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $19,444

Outcomes

Graduated: 65%
First-year retention: 83%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $22,250
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $23,148
Median debt at graduation: $6,333
Students with federal loans: 53%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

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.

< $30k

$17,152

$30–48k

$19,191

$48–75k

$20,152

$75–110k

$21,774

$110k+

$23,068

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.

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.

of first-years get a grant from the school

$1,000

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 3% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,000. 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 108 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $23,148
Typical debt at graduation: $6,333
Debt vs. one year's pay: 27%
Out-earn a HS grad: —

Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

Campus climate

Summer high: 74°F
Winter low: 46°F
Annual rain: 12.9″
Annual snow: 0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Oxnard Ventura CO AP, CA US station (7.3 mi from campus).

What Lu Ross Academy graduates study — and earn

Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services

242 grads$15k 1 yr$20k 5 yr$8k debt

242$15,389$20,420$7,643

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.