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Lyon College Data & Information Overview

27% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Lyon College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Lyon was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Lyon?

27% Acceptance Rate
34% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 27%, Lyon is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to Lyon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 590. Math scores were between 530 and 605.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lyon College  ( 520 to 590 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Lyon College  ( 530 to 605 )
200
800
Lyon received ACT scores from 62% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 26.

ACT Composite Scores for Lyon College  ( 21 to 26 )
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36

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Lyon College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Lyon it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Lyon College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Lyon College

69% Freshmen Retention
46% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Lyon College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  69 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Lyon for first-time, full-time students is 46%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  46 out of 100
0
100

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Lyon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

650 Full-Time Undergraduates
21.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 665 undergraduates at Lyon with 650 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

How Much Does Lyon College Cost?

$20,706 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
$29,172 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lyon is $20,706. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Lyon

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$20,490 $18,245 $16,401 $23,655 $24,791

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 Lyon, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Lyon, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $7,293 a year. That adds up to $29,172 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lyon is 8.2%. 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.

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How Much Money Do Lyon Graduates Make?

$43,343 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Lyon make around $43,343 per year during the early years of their employment. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Lyon College

Arkansas State
650 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Lyon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Batesville, Arkansas. Batesville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for Lyon are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2300 Highland Road, Batesville, AR 72501
Phone: 870-307-7000
Website: www.lyon.edu/

Lyon College Majors

22 Majors With Completions
185 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 28 NA
General Psychology 26 NA
General Biology 23 NA
Economics 15 NA
Mathematics 14 NA
Political Science & Government 12 NA
Finance & Financial Management 12 NA
Fine & Studio Arts 11 NA
General English Literature 10 NA
Computer Science 8 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Lyon College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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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