by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., University of Lynchburg landed the #989 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Lynchburg also ranked #22 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Virginia.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Lynchburg took the #230 spot on the list.
Lynchburg also ranked #7 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.0% of the total graduate students at Lynchburg are women and 37.0% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 25.7% of the graduate student population at Lynchburg. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 2.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,614 | $11,614 |
| Fees | $145 | $145 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from Lynchburg enter careers with an average starting salary of $48,941. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 16% lower than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Lynchburg, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $69,732. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 7% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Lynchburg.
Contact details for Lynchburg are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1501 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24501-3113 |
| Phone: | 434-544-8100 |
| Website: | www.lynchburg.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/lynchburgcollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/lynchburg |
About 67.1% of the graduate students at University of Lynchburg took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 56.0% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 283 |
| Business Administration & Management | 9 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 48 |
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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