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LeTourneau University was awarded 41 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is counseling psychology.
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LETU landed the #1,368 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when LETU held the #1,405 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, LETU is ranked at #72.
LeTourneau University has an acceptance rate of 54%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for LETU.
About 34% of students accepted to LETU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 690. Math scores were between 570 and 680.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, LeTourneau University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at LeTourneau University is 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like LeTourneau University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At LETU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 49%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,853 undergraduates at LETU with 1,373 being full-time and 1,480 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,549 | $19,661 | $23,593 | $24,569 | $27,387 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of LETU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At LETU, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $9,071 a year. That adds up to $36,284 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at LETU is 5.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for LETU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2100 S Mobberly Ave, Longview, TX 75602 |
| Phone: | 903-233-3000 |
| Website: | www.letu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/myletu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/LeTourneauUniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineering | 37 | $59,759 |
| Business Administration & Management | 35 | $58,551 |
| Air Transportation | 33 | $38,856 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 29 | $30,000 |
| General Psychology | 16 | NA |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 12 | $29,795 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 11 | NA |
| Computer Engineering | 10 | NA |
| Criminology | 10 | NA |
| Accounting | 10 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2,022 students took at least one online class at LeTourneau University. This is a decrease from the 2,096 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,022 | 1,303 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,096 | 1,464 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,884 | 1,405 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,852 | 1,351 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,740 | 1,257 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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