Lynn University
Private College in Boca Raton, FL. Six-year graduation rate 52%. Median 10-year earnings $49,006.
Students who entered Lynn University land at a median of $49,006 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 52%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $17,940, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
Lynn University accepts 73% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 7,285 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 13%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 16% 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 | 530–610 | 109 (16%) |
| SAT Math | 510–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 21–26 | 27 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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52% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 77% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 28% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 16:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,820 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay $45,469 a year on average after aid, a premium price that the earnings data has to justify. Income makes less difference than usual: $40,711 at $0–30k, $47,151 at $110k+. Most students get help: 92% receive grants worth $20,366 on average. About 36% 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 · 752 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 | $40,711 |
| $30–48k | $42,920 |
| $48–75k | $42,506 |
| $75–110k | $42,978 |
| $110k+ | $47,151 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,025 of these 2,820 students, totalling $6,526,055 — an average of $6,367 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Palm Beach 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)