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Loma Linda University
Acceptance
No freshman entry
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6-yr Graduation
No freshman cohort
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Total enrollment
4,210
peer median 9,259
Avg net price
No freshman cohort
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About
Loma Linda University (LLU) is a private Seventh-day Adventist health sciences university in Loma Linda, California. As of 2019, the university comprises eight schools and a Faculty of Graduate Studies. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system. The university is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). Its on-campus church has around 7,000 members.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 68 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 42 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
68
Passing
26
38.2% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
68programs
- Passing26 · 38.2%
- No Data42 · 61.8%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
4
Safe
21
No data
42
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$67,852
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+9.7%
+$5,998
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+9.7%
$67,852 vs $61,854
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$68,869
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+11.3%
+$7,015
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+11.3%
$68,869 vs $61,854
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$73,683
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+19.1%
+$11,829
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+19.1%
$73,683 vs $61,854
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$75,482
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+22.0%
+$13,628
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+22.0%
$75,482 vs $61,854
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$76,969
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+24.4%
+$15,115
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+24.4%
$76,969 vs $61,854
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$81,628
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+32.0%
+$19,774
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+32.0%
$81,628 vs $61,854
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$86,713
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+40.2%
+$24,859
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+40.2%
$86,713 vs $61,854
Medical Illustration and Informatics
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$95,540
$61,854
National Same-Field BA Median
+54.5%
+$33,686
Medical Illustration and Informatics
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+54.5%
$95,540 vs $61,854
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$338,736
$149,878
226%
Dentistry
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$338,736 debt · $149,878 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$163,014
$75,482
216%
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$163,014 debt · $75,482 earn
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$224,333
$125,175
179%
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$224,333 debt · $125,175 earn
Psychology General
Doctoral Degree · Psychology
$183,668
$110,256
167%
Psychology General
Doctoral Degree · Psychology
$183,668 debt · $110,256 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$138,071
$86,713
159%
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$138,071 debt · $86,713 earn
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$228,858
$146,986
156%
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$228,858 debt · $146,986 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$104,130
$67,852
154%
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$104,130 debt · $67,852 earn
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$244,077
$179,193
136%
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
Graduate Certificate · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$244,077 debt · $179,193 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Accredited since 1960Next review Feb 2031
Programmatic accreditations · 33
Action history · 59
- May 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health (PHG) - Graduate level school of public health
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
- Dec 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health (PHG) - Graduate level school of public health
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Prosthodontics (including maxillofacial prosthetics and combined prosthodontics/maxillofacial prosthetics)
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 527 students received $2.8M in Pell grants, alongside $147.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
527
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$2.8M
$2,779,265 total
Direct Loans
$147.0M
4,640 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
0k’20
0k’21
0k’22
0k’23
1k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$3.5M
711 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.9M
723 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$62.5M
1,735 loan awards
Parent PLUS$2.7M
91 loan awards
Grad PLUS$74.4M
1,380 loan awards
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,142 borrowers who entered repayment, 5 (0.4%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
0.4%
-1.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,142
Defaulted
5
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
0.9%-8.4
2017
1.3%-7.9
2018
0.6%-6.4
2019
0.4%-1.9
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Loma Linda
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs98
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
1,311 total completions
01Health Professions
1,21292.4%
01Health Professions
1,21292.4%
02Psychology
433.3%
02Psychology
433.3%
03Biological Sciences
282.1%
03Biological Sciences
282.1%
04Family/Consumer Sci
90.7%
04Family/Consumer Sci
90.7%
05Security/Protective
70.5%
05Security/Protective
70.5%
06Public Admin
50.4%
06Public Admin
50.4%
07Philosophy/Religion
30.2%
07Philosophy/Religion
30.2%
08Physical Sciences
20.2%
08Physical Sciences
20.2%
09Education
20.2%
09Education
20.2%
10Natural Resources
00.0%
10Natural Resources
00.0%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
4,210
12-mo unduplicated
4,962
Undergraduate
1,449
Graduate
3,513
Gender split
Men
33%1,634
Women
67%3,328
Race / ethnicity composition
Hispanic
37.2%
White
24.5%
Asian
24.2%
Black
5.0%
Two or more
4.8%
Non-resident
3.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
8.81
37 offenses · 4,202 students
3-year trend
5.922 yrs ago7.711 yr ago8.81Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
96
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
11
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
Motor vehicle theft
14
Fondling
13
Burglary
10
By location
37total
- On campus24
- Non-campus13
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs40
Liquor00
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Data quality: 5 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
3.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
371
Loma Linda vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Loma Linda selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLoma Linda University | No freshman cohort | No freshman entry | 4,210 | No freshman cohort | R2 Research |
| 75% | 62.0% | 12,321 | $41,943 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 88.4% | 6,272 | $22,212 | R2 Research | |
| 81% | 67.8% | 35,873 | $15,564 | R2 Research | |
| 82% | 65.4% | 9,760 | $46,555 | R2 Research | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 1,771 | Grad-only | R2 Research | |
| 49% | 64.2% | 4,252 | $37,702 | R2 Research | |
| 77% | 39.5% | 3,925 | $28,714 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 77.4% | 3,348 | $30,305 | R2 Research | |
| 83% | 79.8% | 8,581 | $31,568 | R2 Research | |
| 68% | 75.9% | 21,210 | $30,902 | R2 Research | |
| 77% | 83.6% | 8,234 | $37,730 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 57.7% | 8,992 | $35,639 | R2 Research | |
| 82% | 59.3% | 16,150 | $44,338 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 41.3% | 14,890 | $50,539 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 54.9% | 8,834 | $18,425 | R2 Research | |
| 88% | 25.9% | 7,692 | $36,931 | R2 Research | |
| 55% | 86.2% | 16,689 | $33,062 | R2 Research | |
| 79% | 45.1% | 10,179 | $48,381 | R2 Research | |
| 75% | 81.6% | 17,384 | $36,079 | R2 Research | |
| 83% | 81.3% | 11,746 | $31,487 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 68.9% | 9,196 | $23,847 | R2 Research | |
| 63% | 73.2% | 20,910 | $30,371 | R2 Research | |
| 71% | 66.9% | 17,098 | $34,906 | R2 Research | |
| 80% | 75.0% | 17,059 | $24,398 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 73.3% | 9,571 | $31,446 | R2 Research | |
| 84% | 63.3% | 12,116 | $40,892 | R2 Research | |
| 87% | 47.6% | 8,469 | $41,346 | R2 Research | |
| Grad-only | Grad-only | 4,401 | Grad-only | R2 Research | |
| 85% | 44.5% | 12,938 | $36,660 | R2 Research | |
| 79% | 82.8% | 5,243 | $29,561 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 63.5% | 9,068 | $58,741 | R2 Research | |
| 69% | 81.0% | 8,238 | $28,928 | R2 Research | |
| 80% | 65.4% | 10,506 | $29,533 | R2 Research | |
| 70% | 91.6% | 6,573 | $38,107 | R2 Research | |
| 84% | 52.4% | 9,714 | $30,365 | R2 Research | |
| 72% | 61.5% | 3,914 | $15,000 | R2 Research | |
| 92% | 27.0% | 10,041 | $43,756 | R2 Research | |
| 89% | 21.7% | 9,322 | $28,719 | R2 Research | |
| 90% | 60.2% | 7,584 | $43,071 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 77% | 65.4% | 9,259 | $33,062 |
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Loma Linda Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Office of Educational Effectiveness
Email
wknelson [at] llu.edu
Phone
909-558-4195
Address
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350
Assist decision-making and educational effectiveness efforts with data that provides for validation, intervention and prediction. Fulfill data requests from local, state and federal agencies.
Visit IR office pageTeam
2 members
- Ken Nelson, MD, MSDirector, Office of Educational Effectiveness
- Ken NelsonDirector, Office of Educational Effectiveness and Institutional Research
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookLoma Linda University Factbook2026The LLU Factbook is an interactive compilation of informative dashboards maintained by the Office of Educational Effectiveness under the guidance of the Provost’s Office. It includes detailed metrics on student applications, enrollment, success, faculty and staff demographics, tuition and fees, research activities, and more. It supports decision-making and educational effectiveness with data validation, intervention, prediction, and fulfills data requests from various agencies. The Factbook also supports strategic planning, outcomes assessment, program review, and institutional effectiveness.llu.edu
Grants & funding (1)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
Notable alumni of Loma Linda (19)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Ralph AlvaradoPolitics
- Leonard Lee BaileyMedicine
- Dora Barilla
- Yamileth Bazan
- Brad BuddeAthletics
- Alexander A. Clerk
- David Cotton
- Winston J. Craig
- Hulda Crooks
- Michael Cruz
- Jim DavisPolitics
- Hans Diehl
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Frequently asked questions about Loma Linda University
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Loma Linda.
What is the acceptance rate at Loma Linda University?
Loma Linda University does not have a reported acceptance rate. This institution does not admit first-time (freshman) undergraduates, so the federal admit rate does not apply.
What is the graduation rate at Loma Linda University?
Loma Linda University does not have a reported federal graduation rate. Federal graduation rates follow first-time, full-time undergraduates. This institution does not enroll that cohort.
How many students attend Loma Linda University?
Loma Linda University reports a total enrollment of 4,210 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at Loma Linda University?
Loma Linda University does not have a reported average net price. Net price is a federal metric for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid, and this institution does not enroll that cohort.
Where is Loma Linda University located?
Loma Linda University is located in Loma Linda, California 92350.
Who runs Institutional Research at Loma Linda University?
Loma Linda University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Office of Educational Effectiveness.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →
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