unitid 117627 · Riverside, CA · private nonprofit 4-year · city (large)
La Sierra University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,927
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
92%
83rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,116
55th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
47%
undergrads on Pell grants
75th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
60%
finish within 150% time
54th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$51,459
59th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$45,566
after aid, aided students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$61,824
after entry, Title IV students
73rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$27,000
89th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $44,988 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k32%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $39,628
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $37,710
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 61 | $60,162 | $31,000 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | 46 | — | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 32 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 23 | $63,167 | $25,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 22 | $43,241 | $28,333 |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 19 | — | — |
| Public Health. | 19 | — | — |
| Marketing. | 19 | — | $26,333 |
| Health/Medical Preparatory Programs. | 18 | $52,792 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 15 | — | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 13 | — | $25,632 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 12 | — | $37,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.