- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MOCity: smallZIP 65101Founded 1866
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1866
- Motto
- Laborare et studere
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.lincolnu.edu
MissouriHBCUPublic
Lincoln University
Lincoln University is a public university in Jefferson City, Missouri, with 1,392 undergraduates. It graduates 24% within six years and costs $13,788 a year after aid.
24%graduate
Retention60%
4-year graduation13%
Pell Grant share45%
Federal loans38%
$13,788net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
24%graduate in 6 years
$41,642median earnings, 10 yrs
$18,217median debt
#1,531 of 1,704 for earnings#415 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,618 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
- $24,086tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $10,180
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $18,470
- Average net price
- $13,788national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,970
$30,001–48,000$13,972
$48,001–75,000$11,753
$75,001–110,000$16,689
$110,001+$21,108
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 college60%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college24%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college45%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 24%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 13%
- First-year retention
- 60%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 28%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $36,687
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $41,642middle 50%: $25,756–$59,114
- Median debt at graduation
- $18,217
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$59,114
Median, Lincoln University$41,642
Lower quarter$25,756
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
- 1,392
- Part-time
- 9.3%
- Women / men
- 58% / 42%
- Average age at entry
- 21.2
- First-generation students
- 38%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 45%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 11 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 72%
- Average faculty salary
- $5,626 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,821
- Endowment, end of year
- $3,270,186
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White29%
Hispanic3.9%
Black50%
Asian0.7%
Two or more races4.4%
U.S. nonresident8.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown4.0%
16 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions18%
Business & management16%
Education13%
Agriculture12%
Psychology10%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.1%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.1%
Engineering technologies4.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 177940. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1126179.