College · Private nonprofit · San Antonio, TX · City
Our Lady of the Lake University
San Antonio, TX
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size1,066
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school. Admitted students average ACT 19.
If you get in
1,066 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 $43k/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$171k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$66k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$106k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $32.1k
- Room & board
- $11.1k
- Books & supplies
- $0
How students pay for it.
Pell grants57%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans59%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention61%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$49k
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
- 1,066
- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- OLLU
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic74%
- White8%
- Black8%
- Unknown7%
- International4%
First-gen students48%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$29k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 46
What you can study.