by our College Data Analytics TeamIn 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.
Lincoln College was awarded 22 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Lincoln College was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Lincoln College has an acceptance rate of 74%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 41% of students accepted to Lincoln College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 370 and 420. Math scores were between 340 and 380.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Lincoln 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.
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 Lincoln College is 32%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at Lincoln College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 3% for first-time, full-time students at Lincoln College, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 967 undergraduates at Lincoln College with 688 being full-time and 279 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,172 | $16,900 | $17,747 | $19,068 | $25,606 |
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 Lincoln College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Lincoln College, approximately 98% of students took out student loans averaging $5,529 a year. That adds up to $22,116 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lincoln College is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Get more details about the location of Lincoln College.
Contact details for Lincoln College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 Keokuk St, Lincoln, IL 62656 |
| Phone: | 217-732-3155 |
| Website: | lincolncollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 80 | $48,437 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 22 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 13 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 11 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 7 | NA |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 4 | NA |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 3 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 3 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 3 | NA |
| Human Services | 1 | NA |
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, 154 students took at least one online class at Lincoln College. This is a decrease from the 261 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 154 | 45 |
| 2019-2020 | 261 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 62 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 3 | 0 |
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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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