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Lenoir-Rhyne University

Lenoir-Rhyne University is a private campus in Hickory proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a Evangelical Lutheran Church 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

$22,289

family income
under $30k

$22,427

$30–48k

$20,065

$48–75k

$25,754

$75–110k

$29,067

over $110k

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

Average net price

$20,6892023–24Skip 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 Lenoir-Rhyne University rose from $13,416 (2008) to $20,689 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$13,416
2009	$16,706
2010	$17,986
2011	$17,597
2012	$19,017
2013	$19,369
2014	$20,078
2015	$18,299
2016	$18,861
2017	$19,976
2018	$18,924
2019	$18,772
2020	$21,175
2021	$21,596
2022	$23,393
2023	$20,689

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$44,6212024–25Skip 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 Lenoir-Rhyne University rose from $33,242 (2009) to $44,621 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$33,242
2010	$35,025
2011	$36,704
2012	$37,825
2013	$39,425
2014	$41,612
2015	$43,723
2016	$44,679
2017	$46,530
2018	$49,198
2019	$49,514
2020	$50,232
2021	$53,194
2022	$55,228
2023	$57,649
2024	$44,621

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	$13,356
2001	$14,086
2002	$14,986
2003	$16,450
2004	$17,850
2005	$18,890
2006	$20,180
2007	$21,580
2008	$23,070
2013	$29,310
2014	$30,922
2015	$32,140
2016	$33,730
2017	$35,350
2018	$36,400
2019	$38,000
2020	$39,900
2021	$41,500
2022	$43,000
2023	$30,900

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $31,900 before grants and other attendance costs. At Lenoir-Rhyne University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,359 — Lenoir-Rhyne University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

47.8% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Lenoir-Rhyne University 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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47.8%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 Lenoir-Rhyne University fell from 54.4% (entered 1995) to 47.8% (entered 2018).

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
1991 cohort	57.4%
1992 cohort	59.6%
1993 cohort	60.2%
1995 cohort	54.4%
1996 cohort	50.9%
1997 cohort	55.2%
1998 cohort	47.9%
1999 cohort	50.7%
2000 cohort	52.2%
2001 cohort	53%
2002 cohort	53.6%
2003 cohort	53.9%
2004 cohort	45.3%
2005 cohort	46.9%
2006 cohort	49%
2007 cohort	48.8%
2008 cohort	54.2%
2009 cohort	47.9%
2010 cohort	48%
2011 cohort	43.3%
2012 cohort	50.1%
2013 cohort	52.4%
2014 cohort	45.4%
2015 cohort	48.2%
2016 cohort	51.3%
2017 cohort	51%
2018 cohort	47.8%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

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)	$14,250	$3,438
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$14,842	$3,438
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$14,500	$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$14,715	$3,375
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$15,235	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$14,500	$3,622
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$14,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$15,000	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,812	$3,032
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$16,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,275	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$21,301	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,900	$5,900
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,316	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$25,500	$9,375
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$8,783
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,605	$8,816
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,733	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$26,000	$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

$44,799

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$48,452

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$45,543

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

Lenoir-Rhyne University admitted 3,101 of 3,666 applicants in Fall 2024. The 84.6% rate describes that application pool.

84.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $30,900 tuition · 2023–24 1,359 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Lenoir-Rhyne University received 3,666 applications and admitted 3,101 (84.6%), with 341 enrolling.

Lenoir-Rhyne University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Lenoir-Rhyne University under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

84.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	84.5%
Fall 2002	80.2%
Fall 2003	80.4%
Fall 2004	80.7%
Fall 2005	93.5%
Fall 2006	83.2%
Fall 2007	83.5%
Fall 2008	81.3%
Fall 2009	77.5%
Fall 2010	74.6%
Fall 2011	71.8%
Fall 2012	67.1%
Fall 2013	68.1%
Fall 2014	65.8%
Fall 2015	84.4%
Fall 2016	70.1%
Fall 2017	73.9%
Fall 2018	73.9%
Fall 2019	77.9%
Fall 2020	76.6%
Fall 2021	85.7%
Fall 2022	82.9%
Fall 2023	80.7%
Fall 2024	84.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

970–1170Fall 2019 · 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	950	1260
Fall 2002	950	1240
Fall 2003	960	1230
Fall 2004	900	1150
Fall 2005	930	1130
Fall 2006	930	1160
Fall 2007	930	1140
Fall 2008	900	1130
Fall 2009	890	1110
Fall 2010	880	1100
Fall 2011	900	1100
Fall 2012	880	1100
Fall 2013	880	1080
Fall 2015	880	1100
Fall 2016	870	1090
Fall 2017	970	1170
Fall 2018	960	1180
Fall 2019	970	1170

IPEDS Fall 2001–2019, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

18–24Fall 2019 · 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	17	26
Fall 2002	17	22
Fall 2003	16	24
Fall 2004	18	22
Fall 2005	19	24
Fall 2006	17	23
Fall 2007	19	24
Fall 2008	18	23
Fall 2010	17	23
Fall 2011	18	24
Fall 2012	18	23
Fall 2013	18	23
Fall 2019	18	24

IPEDS Fall 2001–2019, 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

1,359Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Lenoir-Rhyne University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024 — up to 1,719 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 1,359.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,358
Fall 2003	1,322
Fall 2004	1,356
Fall 2005	1,373
Fall 2006	1,368
Fall 2007	1,366
Fall 2008	1,381
Fall 2009	1,317
Fall 2010	1,519
Fall 2011	1,506
Fall 2012	1,447
Fall 2013	1,409
Fall 2014	1,377
Fall 2015	1,412
Fall 2016	1,590
Fall 2017	1,573
Fall 2018	1,699
Fall 2019	1,719
Fall 2020	1,659
Fall 2021	1,458
Fall 2022	1,393
Fall 2023	1,348
Fall 2024	1,359

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

76%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 Lenoir-Rhyne University has held near 76% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	75%
Fall 2003 cohort	71%
Fall 2004 cohort	65%
Fall 2005 cohort	65%
Fall 2006 cohort	72%
Fall 2007 cohort	69%
Fall 2008 cohort	72%
Fall 2009 cohort	69%
Fall 2010 cohort	65%
Fall 2011 cohort	62%
Fall 2012 cohort	62%
Fall 2013 cohort	76%
Fall 2014 cohort	64%
Fall 2015 cohort	72%
Fall 2016 cohort	73%
Fall 2017 cohort	68%
Fall 2018 cohort	72%
Fall 2019 cohort	73%
Fall 2020 cohort	62%
Fall 2021 cohort	71%
Fall 2022 cohort	71%
Fall 2023 cohort	76%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Lenoir-Rhyne University

39.2% of Lenoir-Rhyne University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Lenoir-Rhyne University as a primarily residential campus of 1,359 undergraduates — and 75.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Lenoir-Rhyne University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 84.6%. Review Lenoir-Rhyne University'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 Lenoir-Rhyne University 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

Lenoir-Rhyne University84.6%

North Carolina median74.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Lenoir-Rhyne University$31,900

North Carolina median$19,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

Lenoir-Rhyne University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Lenoir-Rhyne University$45,543

North Carolina median$45,873

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Lenoir-Rhyne University, North Carolina and national reference values
Metric & basis	Lenoir-Rhyne University	North Carolina median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	84.6%	74.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$31,900	$19,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$45,543	$45,873	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Lenoir-Rhyne University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Lenoir-Rhyne University 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	$78,839
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$53,609
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$44,131

These 3 fields listed for Lenoir-Rhyne University measure earnings after completion. The $45,543 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 41 additional Lenoir-Rhyne University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Lenoir-Rhyne University report?

Lenoir-Rhyne University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 84.6% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Lenoir-Rhyne University's acceptance rate?

84.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,101 admitted from 3,666 applicants.

How much does Lenoir-Rhyne University cost?

At Lenoir-Rhyne University, tuition is $31,900. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Lenoir-Rhyne University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $45,543. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in North Carolina

Lees-McRae College — 76.8% admitted
Mars Hill University — 67.9% admitted
Meredith College — 74.2% admitted
Methodist University — 75.1% 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.