LIM College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for LIM College

LIM College operates as a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 1,187 students of which 1,355 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. LIM College is categorized as “29” 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 95.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,035. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $38,667, with published in-state tuition of $33,504 and a Pell grant recipient share of 37.7%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $24,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 51.9%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.3%. Graduates earn a median of $58,956 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,359 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 91000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 77.1% 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.