Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah
For-profit College in Mahwah, NJ. Six-year graduation rate 79%. Median 10-year earnings $46,396.
Ten years after entry, the median Lincoln Technical Institute-Mahwah student earns $46,396 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate of 79% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $11,730, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 79% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
79% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 79% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in five are gone before sophomore year. The 33:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers. At 1,503 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,503 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $29,175 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,529 versus $31,810), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 72% of students at an average of $4,146. Borrowing is widespread: 68% take federal loans.
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 · 793 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 | $27,529 |
| $30–48k | $27,694 |
| $48–75k | $28,781 |
| $75–110k | $31,310 |
| $110k+ | $31,810 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,021 of these 1,503 students, totalling $8,300,105 — an average of $8,129 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bergen 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)