Colleges / Lewis-Clark State College
College · Public · Lewiston, ID · City
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Lewis-Clark State College

Lewiston, ID

Address500 8th Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501-2698
Websitewww.lcsc.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate88%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size2,385
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 88% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

2,385 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.

Where you live

City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$88k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$63k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$25k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$7.6k
Tuition · out-of-state
$22.0k
Room & board
$12.5k
Books & supplies
$1,570

How students pay for it.

Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans26%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
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 out23%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
City
Control
Public
Undergrad size
2,385
Location
Lewiston, ID
Region
Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Size & setting
Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
Undergrad program
Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
Accreditor
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Also known as
LC State
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White71%
  • Hispanic10%
  • Unknown8%
  • Two or more races5%
  • International2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native2%
  • Black1%
  • Asian1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 54

What you can study.

Colleges / Lewis-Clark State College
College · Public · Lewiston, ID · City
L

Lewis-Clark State College

Lewiston, ID

Address500 8th Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501-2698
Websitewww.lcsc.edu
Price calculatorRun your numbers →
Admit rate88%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size2,385
§ I · The real read

What it's actually like.

The bet

Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.

Getting in

Admit rate of 88% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.

If you get in

2,385 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.

Where you live

City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.

§ II · Cost & aid

Sticker vs. real.

Sticker cost of attendance is $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.

Sticker · 4 yrs$88k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$63k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$25k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.

Where the money goes · annual sticker.

Tuition · in-state
$7.6k
Tuition · out-of-state
$22.0k
Room & board
$12.5k
Books & supplies
$1,570

How students pay for it.

Pell grants24%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans26%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes

Do people finish? Do they land?

1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr40%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
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 out23%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity

Setting, size, and who this school is.

Setting
City
Control
Public
Undergrad size
2,385
Location
Lewiston, ID
Region
Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
Carnegie class
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Size & setting
Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
Undergrad program
Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
Accreditor
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Also known as
LC State
§ · Who studies here

The student body at a glance.

  • White71%
  • Hispanic10%
  • Unknown8%
  • Two or more races5%
  • International2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native2%
  • Black1%
  • Asian1%
First-gen students40%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 54

What you can study.