Los Angeles Pacific University
About
Los Angeles Pacific University is an accredited Christian nonprofit institution located in Glendora, California. Founded in 1899, it offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees with a focus on providing accessible and flexible education for busy adults.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 37.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 20 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 13 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 35.0%
- No Data13 · 65.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
WASC Senior College and University Commission
Action history · 6
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Jun 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Apr 2020Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- May 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
- Apr 2019Grant Substantive Change: ProgramWASC Senior College and University Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,308 students received $7.1M in Pell grants, alongside $21.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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 389 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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 Los Angeles Pacific
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Los Angeles Pacific vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Los Angeles Pacific selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLos Angeles Pacific University | 21% | — | 1,881 | $20,170 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Azusa Pacific University | 62% | 88.4% | 6,272 | $19,798 | R2 Research |
Bellevue University | 33% | — | 14,667 | $28,345 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California Baptist University | 62% | 84.9% | 11,902 | $27,384 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Grand Canyon University | 43% | 78.9% | 113,257 | $21,931 | Doctoral/Professional |
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global | — | — | 14,331 | $16,767 | Doctoral/Professional |
LeTourneau University | 59% | 38.0% | 3,330 | $25,314 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Liberty University | 67% | 99.0% | 104,327 | $29,552 | Doctoral/Professional |
Mid-America Christian University | 39% | 91.8% | 2,397 | $17,123 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
National University | 50% | 54.5% | 22,115 | $31,058 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Regis University | 62% | 86.5% | 4,605 | $22,689 | Doctoral/Professional |
Southern New Hampshire University | 44% | 99.5% | 189,531 | $33,742 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Massachusetts Global | — | 92.9% | 8,996 | $31,601 | Doctoral/Professional |
| Peer group median | 50% | 87.4% | 11,902 | $25,314 |
Los Angeles Pacific Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research serves Los Angeles Pacific University by collecting, synthesizing, and converting data into accurate and consistent information for both internal and external stakeholders to support university-wide and departmental promotion, reporting, and data-driven decision making.
Visit IR office page- Josh Hibbard, Ph.D.Director of Student Success / Institutional Research and Assessment
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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