Lindsey Wilson University
Private College in Columbia, KY. Six-year graduation rate 44%. Median 10-year earnings $41,129.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $41,129, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Six-year completion sits at 44%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $16,784, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
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
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 44%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 63% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. At 16:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,642 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,374 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $14,745 at $0–30k, $18,182 at $110k+. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $24,028, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 53% 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 · 416 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 | $14,745 |
| $30–48k | $10,966 |
| $48–75k | $16,066 |
| $75–110k | $17,208 |
| $110k+ | $18,182 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 872 of these 1,642 students, totalling $5,509,329 — an average of $6,318 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Adair 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)