College · Private nonprofit · Lamoni, IA · Rural
Graceland University-Lamoni
Lamoni, IA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size798
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.
If you get in
798 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $48k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$193k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$74k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$119k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $20.9k
- Room & board
- $11.0k
- Books & supplies
- $700
How students pay for it.
Pell grants49%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans78%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$21k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention59%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr42%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out11%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 798
- Location
- Lamoni, IA
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White45%
- Black20%
- Hispanic14%
- International11%
- Two or more races6%
- Unknown2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students38%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$49k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.