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LaGrange College

LaGrange College is based in the town of Lagrange, GA — a private campus in a small-town setting. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$10,585

family income
under $30k

$11,752

$30–48k

$29,989

$48–75k

$22,805

$75–110k

$21,286

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$20,8752023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at LaGrange College rose from $18,276 (2008) to $20,875 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$18,276
2009	$16,854
2010	$18,519
2011	$19,278
2012	$17,828
2013	$21,939
2014	$20,328
2015	$22,110
2016	$20,432
2017	$19,699
2018	$20,805
2019	$24,063
2020	$21,748
2021	$20,507
2022	$17,805
2023	$20,875

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$49,6812024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at LaGrange College rose from $31,168 (2009) to $49,681 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$31,168
2010	$32,770
2011	$34,938
2012	$36,464
2013	$37,305
2014	$39,472
2015	$40,225
2016	$42,255
2017	$41,837
2018	$43,020
2019	$44,088
2020	$46,034
2021	$46,379
2022	$46,803
2023	$47,370
2024	$49,681

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$11,660
2001	$12,360
2002	$13,225
2003	$14,482
2004	$15,206
2005	$16,200
2006	$17,252
2007	$18,500
2008	$19,900
2013	$25,690
2014	$26,620
2015	$27,540
2016	$28,490
2017	$29,480
2018	$30,500
2019	$31,540
2020	$32,370
2021	$32,840
2022	$33,700
2023	$34,540

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

LaGrange College reports published tuition of $35,400 in this record. LaGrange College's $35,400 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

LaGrange College reports 636 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

46.9% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at LaGrange College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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46.9%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at LaGrange College has wandered from Fall 1994 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 60.6% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 46.9%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1994 cohort	49.5%
1995 cohort	46.5%
1996 cohort	44.9%
1997 cohort	46.9%
1998 cohort	47.6%
1999 cohort	40.8%
2000 cohort	54.3%
2001 cohort	49.5%
2002 cohort	53.6%
2003 cohort	52.1%
2004 cohort	60.6%
2005 cohort	48.4%
2006 cohort	42.9%
2007 cohort	37.5%
2008 cohort	53.2%
2009 cohort	46.3%
2010 cohort	47.4%
2011 cohort	41%
2012 cohort	46%
2013 cohort	40.8%
2014 cohort	44.4%
2015 cohort	46.4%
2016 cohort	50.6%
2017 cohort	41.8%
2018 cohort	46.9%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1994–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$14,397	$3,666
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$14,396	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$13,334	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,825	$7,146
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$15,804	$7,814
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$15,829	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,500	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$14,456	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$14,000	$4,597
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$15,750	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$20,516	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$23,000	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$25,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$26,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,888	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$26,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,000	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,730	$8,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$46,599

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$48,637

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$51,745

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

LaGrange College admitted 945 of 1,522 applicants in Fall 2024. The 62.1% rate describes that application pool.

62.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $34,540 tuition · 2023–24 636 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

LaGrange College did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for LaGrange College under that historical policy.

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In the Fall 2024 cycle, LaGrange College received 1,522 applications and admitted 945 (62.1%), with 236 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

62.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Read LaGrange College's change from 77.6% to 62.1% as a share of applications, not an explanation of admissions decisions. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	77.6%
Fall 2002	61.1%
Fall 2003	89.9%
Fall 2004	54.3%
Fall 2005	48.4%
Fall 2006	64.4%
Fall 2007	57.3%
Fall 2008	53.7%
Fall 2009	66.1%
Fall 2010	57.9%
Fall 2011	58.6%
Fall 2012	49.3%
Fall 2013	58.4%
Fall 2014	55.3%
Fall 2015	57.3%
Fall 2016	57.7%
Fall 2017	56.9%
Fall 2018	48.2%
Fall 2019	48.8%
Fall 2020	59.7%
Fall 2021	74.8%
Fall 2022	59.1%
Fall 2023	63.2%
Fall 2024	62.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

980–1123Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	900	1110
Fall 2002	900	1140
Fall 2003	920	1150
Fall 2004	920	1140
Fall 2005	910	1130
Fall 2006	930	1130
Fall 2007	900	1100
Fall 2008	930	1170
Fall 2009	920	1140
Fall 2010	910	1160
Fall 2011	900	1100
Fall 2012	910	1120
Fall 2013	910	1090
Fall 2014	950	1130
Fall 2015	890	1095
Fall 2016	930	1090
Fall 2017	1010	1180
Fall 2018	1020	1180
Fall 2019	1000	1148
Fall 2020	980	1123

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

19–24Fall 2020 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	19	25
Fall 2002	19	23
Fall 2003	19	25
Fall 2004	17	21
Fall 2005	18	24
Fall 2006	19	23
Fall 2007	19	24
Fall 2008	19	24
Fall 2009	20	25
Fall 2010	20	22
Fall 2011	20	23
Fall 2012	19	25
Fall 2013	19	23
Fall 2014	20	24
Fall 2015	20	24
Fall 2016	20	24
Fall 2017	20	24
Fall 2018	20	23
Fall 2019	19	23
Fall 2020	19	24

IPEDS Fall 2001–2020, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

636Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at LaGrange College fell from 967 (Fall 2002) to 636 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	967
Fall 2003	934
Fall 2004	957
Fall 2005	972
Fall 2006	1,044
Fall 2007	989
Fall 2008	834
Fall 2009	860
Fall 2010	833
Fall 2011	855
Fall 2012	833
Fall 2013	854
Fall 2014	874
Fall 2015	905
Fall 2016	902
Fall 2017	930
Fall 2018	858
Fall 2019	865
Fall 2020	742
Fall 2021	580
Fall 2022	597
Fall 2023	566
Fall 2024	636

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

67%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at LaGrange College fell from 75% (Fall 2002) to 67% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	75%
Fall 2003 cohort	75%
Fall 2004 cohort	78%
Fall 2005 cohort	69%
Fall 2006 cohort	65%
Fall 2007 cohort	51%
Fall 2008 cohort	71%
Fall 2009 cohort	62%
Fall 2010 cohort	65%
Fall 2011 cohort	60%
Fall 2012 cohort	61%
Fall 2013 cohort	61%
Fall 2014 cohort	67%
Fall 2015 cohort	66%
Fall 2016 cohort	65%
Fall 2017 cohort	60%
Fall 2018 cohort	70%
Fall 2019 cohort	58%
Fall 2020 cohort	60%
Fall 2021 cohort	62%
Fall 2022 cohort	60%
Fall 2023 cohort	67%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about LaGrange College

Faculty pay at LaGrange College averages $82,356 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes LaGrange College as a primarily residential campus of 636 undergraduates — and 67.2% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

LaGrange College reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 62.1%. Review LaGrange College's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How LaGrange College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

LaGrange College62.1%

Georgia median70.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

LaGrange College$35,400

Georgia median$13,920

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

LaGrange College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

LaGrange College$51,745

Georgia median$47,290

National median$53,781

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LaGrange College, Georgia and national reference values
Metric & basis	LaGrange College	Georgia median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	62.1%	70.7%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$35,400	$13,920	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$51,745	$47,290	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For LaGrange College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

LaGrange College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 3 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$90,392
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$64,584
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$53,131

These 3 fields listed for LaGrange College measure earnings after completion. The $51,745 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 21 additional LaGrange College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does LaGrange College report?

LaGrange College did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 62.1% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is LaGrange College's acceptance rate?

62.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 945 admitted from 1,522 applicants.

How much does LaGrange College cost?

At LaGrange College, tuition is $35,400. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does LaGrange College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $51,745. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Georgia

Mercer University — 68.9% admitted
Georgia College & State University — 78.2% admitted
Georgia Southwestern State University — 75.2% admitted
Fort Valley State University — 65.9% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.