Lasell University
Private College in Newton, MA. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $49,705.
Ten years after entry, the median Lasell University student earns $49,705 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $26,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 3.1% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
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
Admissions
81% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,057 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 14%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 2% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 530–598 | 7 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 500–560 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 4 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 70% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. A 29% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,152 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,773 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $18,334 at $0–30k versus $32,947 at $110k+. Most students get help: 91% receive grants worth $14,244 on average. 74% 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 · 312 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 | $18,334 |
| $30–48k | $17,631 |
| $48–75k | $25,139 |
| $75–110k | $29,359 |
| $110k+ | $32,947 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 848 of these 1,152 students, totalling $5,684,987 — an average of $6,704 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Middlesex 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)