Lakeland University
Private College in Plymouth, WI. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $55,961.
Students who entered Lakeland University land at a median of $55,961 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 43%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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 0.6 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 86% of applicants are accepted. Only 1,261 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. Yield is low at 16%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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: 43% finish inside six years. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five 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. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,230 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $24,253 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($22,453 versus $28,054), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 84% get grants averaging $16,668, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Most students borrow — 84% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 199 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 | $22,453 |
| $30–48k | $22,030 |
| $48–75k | $20,124 |
| $75–110k | $24,332 |
| $110k+ | $28,054 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,035 of these 1,230 students, totalling $5,825,130 — an average of $5,628 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Sheboygan 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)