10-yr median earnings
$43,299
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Christiansburg, Virginia
Life Pacific University-Virginia
Life Pacific University-Virginia is a private nonprofit institution in Christiansburg, Virginia. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $43,299
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Life Pacific University-Virginia posts above-median former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 43%
- former-student earnings, US
- +21%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Life Pacific University-Virginia profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
D
College Value Score
46/100
Life Pacific University-Virginia
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings C
$43,299
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt F
$22,395
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment C-
60.9%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Life Pacific University-Virginia vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Life Pacific University-Virginia ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Life Pacific University-Virginia: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$43,299 Top 43% higher than 57% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Life Pacific University-Virginia | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $43,299 | #2195 of 5103 | 57th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
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Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$43,299
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Life Pacific University-Virginia ranks in Virginia
State rank among 125 reporting Virginia colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Life Pacific University-Virginia | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $43,299 | #57 of 125 | 54th |
Highest former-student earnings in Virginia
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington and Lee University | $94,810 | $23,781 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Virginia | $92,405 | $33,199 |
| 3 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | $86,863 | $21,565 |
| 4 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | $81,698 | $24,953 |
| 5 | Sentara College of Health Sciences | $77,821 | - |
| 6 | Virginia Military Institute | $77,369 | $17,113 |
| 7 | Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing | $77,014 | - |
| 8 | George Mason University | $76,343 | $17,915 |
| 9 | University of Richmond | $76,178 | $31,309 |
| 10 | William & Mary | $73,490 | $19,096 |
| 11 | Southside College of Health Sciences | $71,380 | - |
| 12 | James Madison University | $69,954 | $23,322 |
| 57 | Life Pacific University-VirginiaThis school | $43,299 | - |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $16,138 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $16,138 |
Net Price by Family Income
$22,395
Median Debt
$237/mo
Monthly Payment
Outcomes
$35,814
Median Earnings (6yr)
51.4%
Earning Over $25K
60.9%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $35,814 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $43,299 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 51.4% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 60.9% |
| Median federal student debt | At completion | $22,395 |
| Estimated monthly payment | Standard 10-year plan | $237/mo |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Life Pacific University-Virginia? ▼
Life Pacific University-Virginia is a private nonprofit institution in Christiansburg, Virginia.
How much do Life Pacific University-Virginia former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Life Pacific University-Virginia who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $43,299 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $35,814.
Is Life Pacific University-Virginia worth the student debt? ▼
The median student debt at Life Pacific University-Virginia is $22,395, while former students earn a median of $43,299 ten years after enrollment. That debt represents about 52% of those annual earnings. Among borrowers who completed their program, 60.9% are repaying their loans within 3 years. Estimated monthly loan payment is $237.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Life Pacific University-Virginia
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Nonprofit Scorecard medians describe federal-aid recipients who were working and not enrolled — they are not sticker-price ROI and not advice.
Every figure on PlainCollege is rendered directly from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard data, no number is typed in by an editor. Private-nonprofit profiles compile Scorecard net-price and earnings cohorts with IPEDS structure fields — no editor-typed figures. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Review the public data changelog. Data current as of Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals.