College · Private nonprofit · Lithonia, GA · Suburb
Luther Rice College & Seminary
Lithonia, GA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size165
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
165 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $32k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$127k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$112k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$15k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $11.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,888
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans45%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$34k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention57%
Watch this number.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$47k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 165
- Location
- Lithonia, GA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White45%
- Black44%
- Hispanic5%
- Unknown3%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students54%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time88%
Many students enroll part-time — often working.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 1
What you can study.