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Lycoming landed the #1,106 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.
Lycoming is also ranked #63 out of 103 schools in Pennsylvania.
Lycoming College 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.
About 45% of students accepted to Lycoming submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 628. Math scores were between 523 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio at Lycoming 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lycoming College is 81%. 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 Lycoming College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Lycoming the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lycoming College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,065 undergraduates at Lycoming with 1,059 being full-time and 6 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,425 | $14,740 | $15,949 | $21,469 | $26,326 |
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 Lycoming, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lycoming, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,169 a year. That adds up to $32,676 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lycoming is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Lycoming College.
Contact details for Lycoming are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One College Place, Williamsport, PA 17701-5192 |
| Phone: | 570-321-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.lycoming.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminology | 39 | $40,646 |
| General Psychology | 35 | $34,534 |
| Business Administration & Management | 27 | $41,884 |
| General Biology | 22 | $32,319 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 16 | $25,858 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 13 | NA |
| Economics | 12 | NA |
| General English Literature | 10 | NA |
| History | 10 | $35,026 |
| Astronomy & Astrophysics | 9 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 32 students who took online classes the previous year.
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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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