Le Moyne-Owen College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Le Moyne-Owen College

Le Moyne-Owen College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Memphis, Tennessee (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 581 students of which 746 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Le Moyne-Owen College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 99.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 15. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $7,099, with published in-state tuition of $12,076 and a Pell grant recipient share of 67.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $28,070, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 25.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 47.2%. Graduates earn a median of $35,594 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,992 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 95800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 34.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.