College · Private nonprofit · Southfield, MI · City
Lawrence Technological University
Southfield, MI
Admit rate56%
6-yr median pay$59k
Net price / yr$33k
Undergrad size1,668
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $33k/yr for a shot at a $59k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 56% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,668 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 $58k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $33k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$233k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$132k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$101k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $44.8k
- Room & board
- $11.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,818
How students pay for it.
Pell grants16%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans35%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
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 retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr61%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$59k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$69k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
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
- 1,668
- Location
- Southfield, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- 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
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White63%
- Black12%
- International10%
- Hispanic5%
- Unknown4%
- Asian3%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$64k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.