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Life Pacific University

Life Pacific University reports 456 undergraduates in San Dimas, CA. Its federal reporting group is labeled Life Pacific University. The school reports a Other Protestant affiliation in its federal filings.

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Life Pacific University · San Dimas, California · Federal institution ID (UNITID): 117104.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Life Pacific University).

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$18,754

family income
under $30k

$22,991

$30–48k

$21,317

$48–75k

$28,573

$75–110k

$27,526

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$20,8982023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Life Pacific University has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $24,055 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $20,898.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$19,584
2009	$19,616
2010	$18,795
2011	$15,727
2012	$16,827
2013	$19,702
2014	$18,192
2015	$18,503
2016	$21,556
2017	$20,060
2018	$20,865
2019	$20,583
2020	$24,055
2021	$22,668
2022	$22,343
2023	$20,898

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$35,0622024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Life Pacific University rose from $22,382 (2009) to $35,062 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$22,382
2010	$23,086
2011	$23,594
2012	$23,050
2013	$24,492
2014	$23,926
2015	$24,373
2016	$24,838
2017	$26,502
2018	$27,086
2019	$28,917
2020	$29,158
2021	$31,462
2022	$32,241
2023	$33,193
2024	$35,062

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$5,500
2001	$6,450
2002	$6,450
2003	$7,300
2004	$8,300
2005	$9,750
2006	$9,750
2007	$10,780
2008	$11,710
2013	$12,500
2014	$12,860
2015	$13,320
2016	$14,138
2017	$14,884
2018	$15,654
2019	$16,592
2020	$17,434
2021	$18,300
2022	$19,140
2023	$20,462

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Life Pacific University reports published tuition of $22,118 in this record. Life Pacific University's $22,118 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Life Pacific University reports 456 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

40.4% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Life Pacific University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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40.4%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Life Pacific University fell from 46.2% (entered 2002) to 40.4% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1992 cohort	50%
1993 cohort	30.8%
1994 cohort	50%
1995 cohort	47.8%
1996 cohort	29.8%
1997 cohort	47.4%
1998 cohort	46.3%
1999 cohort	31.9%
2000 cohort	43.1%
2001 cohort	—
2002 cohort	46.2%
2003 cohort	38%
2004 cohort	42.9%
2005 cohort	42.2%
2006 cohort	30.5%
2007 cohort	51.1%
2008 cohort	47.1%
2009 cohort	35%
2010 cohort	50%
2011 cohort	48.1%
2012 cohort	41.2%
2013 cohort	45.5%
2014 cohort	49%
2015 cohort	51.1%
2016 cohort	46.7%
2017 cohort	56.8%
2018 cohort	40.4%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1992–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Life Pacific University).

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$5,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$8,500	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$8,188	$3,000
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$9,000	$3,406
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$10,801	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,481	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$14,938	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$15,971	$4,250
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$16,472	$5,813
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,475	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$22,125	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$23,500	$7,685
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$22,293	$7,687
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$21,500	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$21,500	$7,469
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$20,734	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$19,795	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$21,500	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,932	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,500	$8,678
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$22,395	$7,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$35,814

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$37,180

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$43,299

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years. Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Life Pacific University).

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Life Pacific University admitted 228 of 238 applicants in Fall 2024. The 95.8% rate describes that application pool.

95.8%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $20,462 tuition · 2023–24 456 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Life Pacific University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Life Pacific University under that historical policy.

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In the Fall 2024 cycle, Life Pacific University received 238 applications and admitted 228 (95.8%), with 77 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

95.8%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	95.7%
Fall 2002	95.3%
Fall 2003	96.9%
Fall 2004	94.6%
Fall 2005	98.3%
Fall 2006	97.7%
Fall 2007	72.1%
Fall 2008	100%
Fall 2009	81.4%
Fall 2010	65.7%
Fall 2011	95.6%
Fall 2012	63.1%
Fall 2013	74.8%
Fall 2014	66.3%
Fall 2015	63.8%
Fall 2016	97.3%
Fall 2017	96.7%
Fall 2018	95.7%
Fall 2019	91.4%
Fall 2020	93.1%
Fall 2021	94%
Fall 2022	94.5%
Fall 2023	94%
Fall 2024	95.8%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

930–1085Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	905	1090
Fall 2002	1032	1217
Fall 2003	860	1060
Fall 2004	860	1120
Fall 2005	855	1075
Fall 2006	880	1090
Fall 2007	850	1120
Fall 2008	830	1065
Fall 2009	856	1095
Fall 2010	905	1110
Fall 2011	807	1050
Fall 2012	827	1124
Fall 2013	825	1035
Fall 2014	803	1018
Fall 2015	800	1030
Fall 2016	805	970
Fall 2017	893	1133
Fall 2018	900	1096
Fall 2019	890	1112
Fall 2020	930	1085

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

16–25Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	18	22
Fall 2002	19	23
Fall 2003	18	24
Fall 2004	19	26
Fall 2005	16	22
Fall 2006	18	25
Fall 2007	16	21
Fall 2008	17	24
Fall 2009	19	21
Fall 2010	19	22
Fall 2011	16	22
Fall 2012	18	23
Fall 2013	17	22
Fall 2014	16	21
Fall 2015	16	20
Fall 2016	16	21
Fall 2017	16	21
Fall 2018	16	22
Fall 2019	15	19
Fall 2020	16	25

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

456Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Life Pacific University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 593 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 456.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	438
Fall 2003	440
Fall 2004	481
Fall 2005	593
Fall 2006	569
Fall 2007	399
Fall 2008	414
Fall 2009	400
Fall 2010	388
Fall 2011	460
Fall 2012	458
Fall 2013	475
Fall 2014	479
Fall 2015	520
Fall 2016	534
Fall 2017	489
Fall 2018	504
Fall 2019	451
Fall 2020	487
Fall 2021	419
Fall 2022	395
Fall 2023	393
Fall 2024	456

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

73%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Life Pacific University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 76% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 73%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	67%
Fall 2003 cohort	64%
Fall 2004 cohort	69%
Fall 2005 cohort	68%
Fall 2006 cohort	51%
Fall 2007 cohort	76%
Fall 2008 cohort	76%
Fall 2009 cohort	63%
Fall 2010 cohort	68%
Fall 2011 cohort	70%
Fall 2012 cohort	63%
Fall 2013 cohort	51%
Fall 2014 cohort	63%
Fall 2015 cohort	72%
Fall 2016 cohort	61%
Fall 2017 cohort	75%
Fall 2018 cohort	59%
Fall 2019 cohort	66%
Fall 2020 cohort	52%
Fall 2021 cohort	69%
Fall 2022 cohort	56%
Fall 2023 cohort	73%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Life Pacific University

Faculty pay at Life Pacific University averages $75,048 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Life Pacific University as a primarily residential campus of 456 undergraduates — and 73% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Life Pacific University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 95.8%. Review Life Pacific University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Life Pacific University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Life Pacific University95.8%

California median74.4%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Life Pacific University$22,118

California median$23,000

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Life Pacific University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Life Pacific University).

Life Pacific University reporting group (shared)$43,299

California median$64,778

National median$53,781

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Life Pacific University, California and national reference values
Metric & basis	Life Pacific University	California median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	95.8%	74.4%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$22,118	$23,000	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$43,299Shared group value	$64,778	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Life Pacific University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Life Pacific University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 3 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	$52,477
Behavioral Sciences	$47,612
Bible/Biblical Studies	$46,756

These 3 fields listed for Life Pacific University measure earnings after completion. The $43,299 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 4 additional Life Pacific University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules. Debt and earnings figures are shared across campuses in the federal reporting group (Life Pacific University).

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Life Pacific University report?

Life Pacific University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 95.8% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Life Pacific University's acceptance rate?

95.8% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 228 admitted from 238 applicants.

How much does Life Pacific University cost?

At Life Pacific University, tuition is $22,118. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Life Pacific University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $43,299. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in California

Laguna College of Art and Design — 94.3% admitted
La Sierra University — 91.5% admitted
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt — 98.2% admitted
San Francisco State University — 96.4% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.