College · Private nonprofit · Jackson, TN · City
Lane College
Jackson, TN
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$25k
Net price / yr$11k
Undergrad size736
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $11k/yr for a shot at a $25k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
736 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $23k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $11k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$94k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$44k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$50k
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
- $11.8k
- Room & board
- $7.6k
- Books & supplies
- $700
How students pay for it.
Pell grants79%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans67%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention45%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr18%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$25k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$32k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out26%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 736
- Location
- Jackson, TN
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black64%
- Unknown31%
- International2%
- Two or more races2%
- White1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$17k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 16
What you can study.