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Lee College Data & Information Overview

40 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
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How Well Is Lee College Ranked?

#629 Best Colleges in Nation
#27 Best Colleges in TX
Science Technologies / Technicians Highest Ranked Major
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2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Lee College was awarded 40 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is science technologies / technicians.

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Overall Quality

Lee College landed the #629 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Lee College also holds the #27 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Lee College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Lee College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

Learn more about Lee College admissions.

Lee College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
42% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Lee College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

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 Lee College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  42 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Lee College

78% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Lee College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  78 out of 100
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Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lee College.

Lee College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,567 Full-Time Undergraduates
64.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,487 undergraduates at Lee College with 1,567 being full-time and 5,920 being part-time.

How Much Does Lee College Cost?

$6,553 Net Price
7% Take Out Loans
$18,672 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lee College is $6,553. 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 Lee College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$6,687 $1,848 $8,449 $8,066 $10,295

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 Lee College, 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 Lee College, approximately 7% of students took out student loans averaging $4,668 a year. That adds up to $18,672 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Lee College Graduates Make?

$42,178 Avg Salary of Grads
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Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Lee College make around $42,178 per year during the early years of their employment. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Lee College make the most money.

Location of Lee College

Texas State
1,567 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Lee College is a public institution situated in Baytown, Texas. The location of Lee College is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for Lee College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 511 S Whiting, Baytown, TX 77520
Phone: 281-427-5611
Website: www.lee.edu/

Lee College Majors

58 Majors With Completions
7,354 Undergraduate Degrees
7,354 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 58 majors graduated from Lee College. Of these students, 7,354 received undergraduate degrees and 7,354 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 1,594 NA
Liberal Arts General Studies 329 NA
Precision Metal Working 227 NA
Physical Science Technicians 220 NA
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 192 NA
Horticulture 166 NA
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 83 NA
Natural Sciences 80 NA
Cosmetology 74 NA
Culinary Arts 68 NA

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

Online Learning at Lee College

38% Take At Least One Class Online
17% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 2,937 students took at least one online class at Lee College. This is an increase from the 2,858 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 2,937 1,297
2021-2022 2,858 1,267
2020-2021 3,685 3,064
2018-2019 1,720 435

Learn more about online learning at Lee College.

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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