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Lourdes University Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
75% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Lourdes University Ranked?

#1,912 Best Colleges in Nation
#72 Best Colleges in OH
General Business/Commerce Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Lourdes is ranked #1,912 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lourdes held the #1,923 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Lourdes also holds the #72 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Lourdes?

75% Acceptance Rate
58% Of Accepted Are Women
1% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Lourdes University has an acceptance rate of 75%, 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.

Average Test Scores

About 1% of students accepted to Lourdes submitted their SAT scores.Lourdes received ACT scores from 38% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 23.

ACT Composite Scores for Lourdes University  ( 17 to 23 )
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Lourdes University 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, Lourdes University 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 Lourdes University is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  42 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Lourdes University

58% Freshmen Retention
26% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Lourdes University this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  58 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Lourdes is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  26 out of 100
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100

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Lourdes University Undergraduate Student Diversity

822 Full-Time Undergraduates
29.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,042 undergraduates at Lourdes with 822 being full-time and 220 being part-time.

How Much Does Lourdes University Cost?

$20,326 Net Price
66% Take Out Loans
$26,560 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lourdes is $20,326. 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 Lourdes

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,096 $17,936 $22,205 $23,739 $22,480

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 Lourdes, 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 Lourdes, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $6,640 a year. That adds up to $26,560 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lourdes is 8.0%. 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 Lourdes Graduates Make?

$40,854 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Lourdes make around $40,854 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 Lourdes University

Ohio State
822 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Lourdes University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Sylvania, Ohio. Sylvania is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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Contact details for Lourdes are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 6832 Convent Blvd, Sylvania, OH 43560-2898
Phone: 419-885-3211
Website: www.lourdes.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lourdesuniversity
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/discoverlourdes

Lourdes University Majors

25 Majors With Completions
193 Undergraduate Degrees
58 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 25 majors graduated from Lourdes University. Of these students, 193 received undergraduate degrees and 58 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
Nursing 69 $57,033
Business Administration & Management 25 NA
Marketing 12 NA
General Psychology 10 NA
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 10 $19,607
General Biology 10 NA
Social Work 9 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 8 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 8 NA
Health & Medical Administrative Services 5 NA

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

Online Learning at Lourdes

49% Take At Least One Class Online
13% 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, 540 students took at least one online class at Lourdes University. This is a decrease from the 750 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 540 140
2019-2020 750 170
2018-2019 628 348
2017-2018 459 188
2016-2017 386 123

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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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