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La Sierra University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Riverside, California. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.
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Where Is La Sierra University?
Contact details for La Sierra are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 4500 Riverwalk Parkway, Riverside, CA 92505-8247 |
Phone: | 951-785-2000 |
Website: | lasierra.edu |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/LaSierraU |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/lasierranews |
How Do I Get Into La Sierra?
You can apply to La Sierra online at: https://lasierra.edu/apply/
Admission Requirements for La Sierra
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | Required |
High School Rank | Neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | Required |
College Prep Program | Required |
Recommendations | Neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | Required |
TOEFL | Required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into La Sierra?
Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.
Average Test Scores
About 25% of students accepted to La Sierra submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 420 and 570.
Can I Afford La Sierra University?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At La Sierra, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $5,326 a year. That adds up to $21,304 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at La Sierra is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
La Sierra University Undergraduate Student Diversity
There are also 387 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 1,144 full-time undergraduates at La Sierra, 42% are male and 58% are female.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of La Sierra University students is as follows.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 190 |
Black or African American | 85 |
Hispanic or Latino | 527 |
White | 125 |
International Students | 154 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 63 |
Geographic Diversity
California students aren't the only ones who study at La Sierra University. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 58 countries are represented at La Sierra. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Brazil.
Online Learning at La Sierra University
Online Growth Rankings of La Sierra
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at La Sierra University was 12.5%. This is the #1,147 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at La Sierra regardless of major.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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