Lionel University vs South Coast College vs National Career Education

Side-by-side comparison of Lionel University, South Coast College, National Career Education

Metrics	Lionel University Carpinteria, CA	South Coast College Orange, CA	National Career Education Panorama City, CA
Location	Carpinteria, CA	Orange, CA	Panorama City, CA
Control	Private for-profit	Private for-profit	Private for-profit
Carnegie	A Community College with a specialized Academic Mission	A Community College with a specialized Academic Mission	A Community College with a mixture of traditionally and non-traditionally aged students, a majority of whom complete vocational and technical training
Tuition (out-of-state)	$15,195	$13,494	N/A
Avg. net price	$46,466	$12,131	$28,885
Acceptance rate	N/A	N/A	N/A
Enrollment	370	306	398
Campus setting	Suburb: Midsize	City: Midsize	City: Large
Graduation rate	100%	8%	68%
Retention rate	75%	75%	71%
Median earnings	N/A	$50,899	$44,808
SAT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
ACT range	N/A	N/A	N/A
Themes	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
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Bars are drawn from the figures in each cell. Rates use a 0–100% scale; tuition, net price, enrollment and earnings are relative to the largest value among the colleges shown (darker bar); SAT and ACT bands sit on each test's full scale (200–800 per SAT section, 1–36 for the ACT).