+51%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Lionel University rose 51% between 2021 and 2024 ($10.1k → $15.3k).
California · Private for-profit · Predominantly associate's
Lionel University
Carpinteria, California. 480 undergraduate students. 3 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Lionel University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Lionel University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (4.3% → 0.0%).
-33%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Lionel University fell 33% between 2021 and 2024 (100.0% → 67.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. California
Each tile compares this institution to the California median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
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California median $42,588—
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.4%
California median 61.3%$6,334
At program completion480
latest IPEDS66.7%
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort$15,288
out-of-state $15,288SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
150%-time completion rate.
+1342%
Lionel University · completion · 150% rose
0.0% → 67.1%
+79%
Lionel University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,528 → $15,265
-100%
Lionel University · cohort default rate fell
18.1% → 0.0%
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in California
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Lionel University graduates earn $X” — not “Lionel University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Lionel University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.