Colleges / Lenoir-Rhyne University
College · Private nonprofit · Hickory, NC · City
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Lenoir-Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

Religious affiliation
Address625 7th Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Websitewww.lr.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,359
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,359 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 $45k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$178k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$83k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$96k
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
$31.9k
Room & board
$13.4k
Books & supplies
$1,360

How students pay for it.

Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans56%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr48%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
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
1,359
Location
Hickory, NC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White61%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic9%
  • International7%
  • Two or more races4%
  • Unknown3%
  • Asian2%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44

What you can study.

Colleges / Lenoir-Rhyne University
College · Private nonprofit · Hickory, NC · City
L

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Hickory, NC

Religious affiliation
Address625 7th Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Websitewww.lr.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate85%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,359
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 85% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

1,359 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 $45k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$178k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$83k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$96k
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
$31.9k
Room & board
$13.4k
Books & supplies
$1,360

How students pay for it.

Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans56%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention73%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr48%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
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
1,359
Location
Hickory, NC
Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Carnegie class
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Size & setting
Four-year · small · highly residential
Undergrad program
Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
Accreditor
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White61%
  • Black14%
  • Hispanic9%
  • International7%
  • Two or more races4%
  • Unknown3%
  • Asian2%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$45k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44

What you can study.