Lyon College
Private College in Batesville, AR. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $44,232.
Ten years after entry, the median Lyon College student earns $44,232 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 47% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation is $21,500, 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
Admissions
63% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 1,654 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. About 23% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range.
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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47% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. Retention of 71% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 11:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 567 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $19,872 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,084 at $0–30k, $23,391 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 99% of students receive it, averaging $25,552. 66% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 237 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 | $16,084 |
| $30–48k | $16,695 |
| $48–75k | $17,348 |
| $75–110k | $20,936 |
| $110k+ | $23,391 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 375 of these 567 students, totalling $2,218,312 — an average of $5,915 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Independence County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)