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Lenoir - Rhyne University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general human services.
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College Factual ranked Lenoir - Rhyne University as #1,885 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Lenoir - Rhyne University also holds the #73 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.
Lenoir - Rhyne University has an acceptance rate of 83%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
The student to faculty ratio at Lenoir - Rhyne University is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 Lenoir - Rhyne University is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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 Lenoir - Rhyne University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Lenoir - Rhyne University have a four-year graduation rate of 37%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,783 undergraduates at Lenoir - Rhyne University with 1,566 being full-time and 217 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,606 | $18,560 | $19,288 | $22,124 | $26,379 |
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 Lenoir - Rhyne University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Lenoir - Rhyne University, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $6,577 a year. That adds up to $26,308 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lenoir - Rhyne University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 625 7Th Avenue Ne, Hickory, NC 28601 |
| Phone: | 828-328-1741 |
| Website: | www.lr.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 81 | $64,846 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 80 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 56 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 55 | $22,695 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 48 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 29 | $45,534 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 27 | $40,610 |
| General Biology | 20 | NA |
| Marketing | 16 | NA |
| Human Services | 16 | $32,732 |
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, 1,612 students took at least one online class at Lenoir - Rhyne University. This is an increase from the 1,601 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,612 | 375 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,601 | 315 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,434 | 367 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,089 | 294 |
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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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