- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Lane College
Jackson, TNCity: smallZIP 38301Founded 1882
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1882
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1986
- Website
- www.lanecollege.edu
TennesseeHBCUReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Lane College
Lane College is a private nonprofit college in Jackson, Tennessee, with 736 undergraduates. It graduates 18% within six years and costs $12,660 a year after aid.
18%graduate
Retention44%
4-year graduation12%
Pell Grant share85%
Federal loans73%
$12,660net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
18%graduate in 6 years
$35,657median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,776median debt
#1,641 of 1,704 for earnings#337 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,669 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $23,527tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $13,068
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $13,068
- Average net price
- $12,660national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,257
$30,001–48,000$12,470
$48,001–75,000$13,426
$75,001–110,000$18,157
$110,001+$13,175
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college44%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college18%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college85%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 18%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 12%
- First-year retention
- 44%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 22%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $28,452
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $35,657middle 50%: $20,356–$50,201
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,776
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$50,201
Median, Lane College$35,657
Lower quarter$20,356
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 736
- Part-time
- 2.3%
- Women / men
- 45% / 55%
- Average age at entry
- 20.7
- First-generation students
- 45%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 85%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,344 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,788
- Endowment, end of year
- $8,528,808
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White0.8%
Hispanic0.4%
Black64%
Asian0.1%
Two or more races1.6%
U.S. nonresident1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Unknown31%
12 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management35%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting14%
Education11%
Communication & journalism10%
Social sciences10%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies6.7%
Computer & information sciences3.4%
Visual & performing arts3.4%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 220598. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6485360.