Lewis-Clark State College
Public College in Lewiston, ID. Six-year graduation rate 39%. Median 10-year earnings $46,001.
Students who entered Lewis-Clark State College land at a median of $46,001 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 39% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates carry a median of $18,500 in debt — in line with the national norm. On economic mobility, 2.1% of students travel from the bottom income quintile 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
With an acceptance rate of 88%, Lewis-Clark State College takes nearly everyone who applies. 4,086 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 15% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is the problem here: 39% graduate within six years. 61% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. 25% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 41% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,336 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $15,917 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,080 at $0–30k against $19,004 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $8,087. 42% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 411 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 | $13,080 |
| $30–48k | $14,044 |
| $48–75k | $15,127 |
| $75–110k | $17,934 |
| $110k+ | $19,004 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 980 of these 2,336 students, totalling $6,471,018 — an average of $6,603 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nez Perce 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)