- The Inkwell
- California
- Lincoln University
Oakland, CACity: largeZIP 94612Founded 1919
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1919
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1988
- Website
- lincolnuca.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Lincoln University
Lincoln University is a private nonprofit university in Oakland, California, with 204 undergraduates. It graduates 80% within six years.
80%graduate
Retention89%
4-year graduation80%
Pell Grant share0%
Federal loans0%
—net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
80%graduate in 6 years
$77,205median earnings, 10 yrs
—median debt
#247 of 1,704 for earnings#191 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
- —tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,050
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,050
- Average net price
- —national median $19,980
Net price by family income
The college does not report net price by income.
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 college89%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college80%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college0%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 80%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 80%
- First-year retention
- 89%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 83%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- —
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $77,205
- Median debt at graduation
- —
- 3-year loan default rate
- —
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$128,591
Median, Lincoln University$77,205
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
- 204
- Part-time
- 1.0%
- Women / men
- 32% / 68%
- Average age at entry
- 26.1
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 38%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,583 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,946
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White26%
Hispanic6.9%
Black23%
Asian3.9%
U.S. nonresident40%
2 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions56%
Business & management44%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 117557. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6551169.