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LIM College Data & Information Overview

13 awards Ranking Badges
84% Acceptance Rate
5% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is LIM College Ranked?

Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

LIM College was awarded 13 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is specialized sales, merchandising & marketing.

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Overall Quality

LIM was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into LIM?

84% Acceptance Rate
88% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at LIM College is 84%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that LIM is a good fit for you.

Learn more about LIM College admissions.

LIM College Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
6% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, LIM College 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at LIM College is 6%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  6 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at LIM College

69% Freshmen Retention
40% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at LIM College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  69 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At LIM the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 40%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  40 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at LIM College.

LIM College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,164 Full-Time Undergraduates
48.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
88.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,349 undergraduates at LIM with 1,164 being full-time and 185 being part-time.

How Much Does LIM College Cost?

$36,081 Net Price
61% Take Out Loans
$37,820 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of LIM is $36,081. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for LIM

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$33,052 $34,334 $35,905 $37,909 $39,790

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 LIM, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LIM, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $9,455 a year. That adds up to $37,820 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LIM is 5.4%. 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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How Much Money Do LIM Graduates Make?

$56,202 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from LIM make around $56,202 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future LIM graduates since it is 32% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at LIM College make the most money.

Location of LIM College

New York State
1,164 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Located in New York, New York, LIM College is a private for-profit institution. The location of LIM is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for LIM are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 12 E 53Rd St, New York, NY 10022-5268
Phone: 212-752-1530
Website: www.limcollege.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LIMCollege
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LIMCollege

LIM College Majors

8 Majors With Completions
336 Undergraduate Degrees
244 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 8 majors graduated from LIM College. Of these students, 336 received undergraduate degrees and 244 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 161 $41,027
Marketing 64 $42,248
Communication & Media Studies 44 NA
Design & Applied Arts 21 $36,739
International Business 12 NA
Business Administration & Management 12 $44,062
General Business/Commerce 0 NA
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at LIM College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at LIM

98% Take At Least One Class Online
48% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 1,409 students took at least one online class at LIM College. This is a decrease from the 1,668 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,409 696
2019-2020 1,668 1,109
2018-2019 1,010 302
2017-2018 1,214 257
2016-2017 1,204 249

Learn more about online learning at LIM College.

Notes and References

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.

References

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