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Lee College Data & Information Overview

472 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
10% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Lee College Ranked?

#89 Best Colleges in Nation
#6 Best Colleges in TX
Electromechanical Engineering Technology Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2024 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 472 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is electromechanical engineering technology.

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Overall Quality

Lee College is ranked #89 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lee College held the #200 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Lee College also holds the #6 spot on the Best Colleges in Texas ranking.

See all of the rankings for Lee College.

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

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
53% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Lee College, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

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 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  53 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Lee College

22% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 22% rate at Lee College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

Freshmen Retention Rate  22 out of 100
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100

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?

$4,831 Net Price
6% Take Out Loans
$20,232 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lee College is $4,831. 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 +
$4,089 $4,416 $5,205 $9,031 $10,296

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 6% of students took out student loans averaging $5,058 a year. That adds up to $20,232 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lee College is 9.7%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Lee College Graduates Make?

$37,624 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Lee College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $37,624 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 11% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, 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

60 Majors With Completions
1,209 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Lee College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Lee College

40% Take At Least One Class Online
18% 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 2020-2021, 2,858 students took at least one online class at Lee College. This is a decrease from the 3,685 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 2,858 1,267
2019-2020 3,685 3,064
2018-2019 1,857 531
2017-2018 1,720 435
2016-2017 1,692 356

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.

References

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