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Lyon College Data & Information Overview

60% Acceptance Rate
Find out more about how Lyon College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. If you’re interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

How Well Is Lyon College Ranked?

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Lyon was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Lyon?

60% Acceptance Rate
35% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Lyon College is a competitive 60%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Learn more about Lyon College admissions.

Lyon College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
86% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Lyon is an impressive 9 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.

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 Lyon College is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  86 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Lyon College

51% Freshmen Retention
37% 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 Lyon College this rate is 51%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  51 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Lyon this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  37 out of 100
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100

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Lyon College Undergraduate Student Diversity

650 Full-Time Undergraduates
21.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 665 undergraduates at Lyon with 650 being full-time and 15 being part-time.

How Much Does Lyon College Cost?

$25,183 Net Price
70% Take Out Loans
$39,652 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lyon is $25,183. 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 Lyon

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$21,673$20,562$23,598$30,162$27,780

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 Lyon, 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 Lyon, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $9,913 a year. That adds up to $39,652 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Lyon Graduates Make?

$44,232 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Lyon with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $44,232 in their early years. This is good news for future Lyon graduates since it is 10% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Lyon College make the most money.

Location of Lyon College

Arkansas State
650 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Lyon College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Batesville, Arkansas. Batesville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for Lyon are given below.

Contact Details
Address:2300 Highland Road, Batesville, AR 72501
Phone:870-307-7000
Website:www.lyon.edu/

Lyon College Majors

23 Majors With Completions
362 Undergraduate Degrees
362 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 23 majors graduated from Lyon College. Of these students, 362 received undergraduate degrees and 362 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 MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management32NA
General Psychology24NA
General Biology23NA
Finance & Financial Management13NA
Computer Science12NA
Economics12NA
Fine & Studio Arts10NA
Mathematics9NA
Political Science & Government9NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific6NA

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

Online Learning at Lyon

3% Take At Least One Class 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, 17 students took at least one online class at Lyon College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-2023170
2021-202200
2020-202100
2018-201900

Learn more about online learning at Lyon College.

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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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