- The Inkwell
- New York
- LIM College
New York, NYCity: largeZIP 10017Founded 1939
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Founded
- 1939
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1968
- Website
- www.limcollege.edu
New YorkPrivate for-profit
LIM College
LIM College is a private for-profit college in New York, New York, with 1,187 undergraduates. It admits 96% of applicants, graduates 44% within six years and costs $41,549 a year after aid.
44%graduate
Admission rate96%
Retention73%
4-year graduation30%
Pell Grant share42%
Federal loans64%
$41,549net price / year
96%admission rate
1035average SAT
44%graduate in 6 years
$69,579median earnings, 10 yrs
$23,250median debt
#406 of 1,704 for earnings#1,673 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,259 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,381 of 1,552 for selectivity
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
- $55,206tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $34,676
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $34,676
- Average net price
- $41,549national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$40,278
$30,001–48,000$38,430
$48,001–75,000$38,073
$75,001–110,000$40,423
$110,001+$46,180
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 96%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1035
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 500–580
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 460–558
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 19–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college96%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college73%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college44%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college42%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 44%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 30%
- First-year retention
- 73%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 53%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $58,848
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $69,579middle 50%: $42,931–$98,303
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$98,303
Median, LIM College$69,579
Lower quarter$42,931
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
- 1,187
- Part-time
- 9.4%
- Women / men
- 89% / 11%
- Average age at entry
- 20.7
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 42%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 9.5%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,448 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,036
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White37%
Hispanic20%
Black24%
Asian8.6%
U.S. nonresident8.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
Unknown0.8%
3 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management82%
Communication & journalism14%
Visual & performing arts4.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 192271. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6458722.