University of Lynchburg
Private College in Lynchburg, VA. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $56,380.
Ten years after entry, the median University of Lynchburg student earns $56,380 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 57%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt is the pressure point: a median of $27,000 at graduation.
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
Selectivity is real here: only 43% of applicants are offered a place. 6,948 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 11% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 520–620 | 46 (11%) |
| SAT Math | 460–610 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 4 (1%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 71% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The 30% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The 11:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,599 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,845 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $20,692 at $0–30k against $25,063 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $24,875. Most students borrow — 75% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 473 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 | $20,692 |
| $30–48k | $18,303 |
| $48–75k | $18,649 |
| $75–110k | $20,707 |
| $110k+ | $25,063 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,200 of these 1,599 students, totalling $7,984,656 — an average of $6,654 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Lynchburg City) — 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)