LaGrange College
Private College in Lagrange, GA. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $51,745.
Ten years after entry, the median LaGrange College student earns $51,745 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 47%, meaning about one in two students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $25,730, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.3 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
LaGrange College accepts 62% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 1,522 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 25% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 47% finish inside six years. 67% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 44% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 581 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,139 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($20,764 versus $24,549), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 94% of students get grant aid averaging $26,817, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 68% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 183 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,764 |
| $30–48k | $19,322 |
| $48–75k | $18,718 |
| $75–110k | $18,707 |
| $110k+ | $24,549 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 395 of these 581 students, totalling $2,512,833 — an average of $6,362 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Troup County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)