10-yr median earnings
$52,142
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Lexington, Missouri
Lex La-Ray Technical Center
Lex La-Ray Technical Center is a public institution in Lexington, Missouri. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- $6,219
- Avg net price / yr
- $52,142
- 10-yr median earnings
- 100.0%
- 150%-time completion
- 66.7%
- Acceptance rate
The verdict
Lex La-Ray Technical Center pairs above-median former-student earnings with a moderately open admit.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 26%
- former-student earnings, US
- 66.7%
- acceptance rate
- 100.0%
- 150%-time completion
- +3%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
Rural: Distant
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Lex La-Ray Technical Center profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
A
College Value Score
87/100
Lex La-Ray Technical Center
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings B
$52,142
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price A
$6,219
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A+
100.0%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
N/A
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
$6,219
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
100.0%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 100.0%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Lex La-Ray Technical Center vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Lex La-Ray Technical Center ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Lex La-Ray Technical Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$52,142 Top 26% higher than 74% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Lex La-Ray Technical Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $52,142 | #1305 of 5103 | 74th |
| Average net price | $6,219 | #523 of 5020 | 90th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 100.0% | #13 of 4858 | 100th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 25 | #5261 of 5462 | 4th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
25
Undergraduate enrollment
66.7%
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
100.0%
150%-time completion
$52,142
10-yr median earnings
-
First-year retention
How Lex La-Ray Technical Center ranks in Missouri
State rank among 120 reporting Missouri colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Lex La-Ray Technical Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $52,142 | #26 of 120 | 78th |
| Average net price | $6,219 | #5 of 119 | 96th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 100.0% | #1 of 107 | 99th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 25 | #121 of 125 | 3rd |
Highest former-student earnings in Missouri
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | $137,047 | $31,817 |
| 2 | Chamberlain University-Missouri | $92,405 | $30,716 |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | $86,182 | $21,786 |
| 4 | Research College of Nursing | $85,910 | - |
| 5 | Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing | $84,393 | - |
| 6 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | $82,957 | $16,298 |
| 7 | Saint Louis University | $70,783 | $24,398 |
| 8 | Rockhurst University | $67,102 | $25,884 |
| 9 | University of Missouri-Columbia | $63,403 | $20,268 |
| 10 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | $62,105 | $22,066 |
| 11 | Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences | $60,918 | $19,390 |
| 12 | University of Missouri-Kansas City | $59,637 | $13,310 |
| 26 | Lex La-Ray Technical CenterThis school | $52,142 | $6,219 |
Admissions
| Admission Rate | 66.7% |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| Average Net Price | $6,219 |
Net Price by Family Income
| $0 – $30,000 | $447 |
| $48,001 – $75,000 | $447 |
45.5%
Pell Grant Rate
40.9%
Federal Loan Rate
Lex La-Ray Technical Center costs less today than it did in 2013
Average net price fell from $12,586 to $2,607 (-79.3%) between 2013 and 2023, before any inflation adjustment, which makes the real-terms fall larger still. Most colleges moved the other way: the median change across the 4,315 schools measured over the same span was +14.6%.
11 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $12,5862023 · $2,607
Over the same years, enrollment went -37.1% (35 → 22 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
$50,399
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 100.0% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $50,399 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $52,142 |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 25 | $59,507 | $10,167 |
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Similar Reported Net Price
Other Public institutions with the nearest reported average net price.
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$6,231 net price · $12 apart
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Similar 2013–2023 Net-Price Trend
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the acceptance rate at Lex La-Ray Technical Center? ▼
Lex La-Ray Technical Center is a public institution in Lexington, Missouri. The acceptance rate is 66.7%. Undergraduate enrollment is 25 students.
How much do Lex La-Ray Technical Center former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Lex La-Ray Technical Center who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $52,142 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $50,399.
How much does Lex La-Ray Technical Center cost? ▼
The average net price at Lex La-Ray Technical Center is $6,219..
What is the graduation rate at Lex La-Ray Technical Center? ▼
Lex La-Ray Technical Center has a 100.0% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
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