Lawrence University
Private College in Appleton, WI. Six-year graduation rate 77%. Median 10-year earnings $55,789.
Students who entered Lawrence University land at a median of $55,789 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Completion is a strength: 77% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $26,000 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 77% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Lawrence University accepts 64% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool runs to 3,270, typical for a school of this reach. A 17% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 21% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
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 | 610–710 | 74 (21%) |
| SAT Math | 590–710 | |
| ACT Composite | 24–31 | 115 (33%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 77% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 87% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. At 1,410 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,394 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $27,161 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,419 at $0–30k versus $32,758 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $40,880. About 49% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 335 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 | $10,419 |
| $30–48k | $13,332 |
| $48–75k | $15,020 |
| $75–110k | $20,256 |
| $110k+ | $32,758 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 685 of these 1,394 students, totalling $4,167,542 — an average of $6,084 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Outagamie 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)