Our Lady
of the Lake University
Private College in San Antonio, TX. Six-year graduation rate 46%. Median 10-year earnings $48,675.
Students who entered Our Lady of the Lake University land at a median of $48,675 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 46% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $24,999 in debt — in line with the national norm. It also moves people — 3.6% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution 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
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 46%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. 63% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about two in five 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. At 11:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,115 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,999 annually once grants are applied. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,236 at $0–30k, $19,100 at $110k+. Most students get help: 95% receive grants worth $22,670 on average. Borrowing is widespread: 61% 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 · 282 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 | $16,236 |
| $30–48k | $18,595 |
| $48–75k | $17,225 |
| $75–110k | $17,118 |
| $110k+ | $19,100 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 679 of these 1,115 students, totalling $4,416,724 — an average of $6,505 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bexar 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)