College · Private nonprofit · Memphis, TN · City
Le Moyne-Owen College
Memphis, TN
HBCUReligious affiliation
Admit rate99%
6-yr median pay$26k
Net price / yr$7k
Undergrad size581
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $7k/yr for a shot at a $26k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 99% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 15.
If you get in
581 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 $19k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $7k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$76k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$28k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$48k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $12.1k
- Room & board
- $6.1k
- Books & supplies
- $750
How students pay for it.
Pell grants67%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans54%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $15k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention53%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr27%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$26k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$36k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
- 581
- Location
- Memphis, TN
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
HBCUReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black92%
- International5%
- Hispanic1%
- White1%
First-gen students49%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time9%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$17k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 25
What you can study.