10-yr median earnings
$53,695
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Oakland, California
Lincoln University
Lincoln University is a private nonprofit institution in Oakland, California. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $53,695
- 10-yr median earnings
- 76.4%
- 150%-time completion
The verdict
Lincoln University posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 23%
- former-student earnings, US
- 76.4%
- 150%-time completion
- +20%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Large
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Lincoln University 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 ("Special Focus Four-Year: Business & Management Schools"), 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
B+
College Value Score
79/100
Lincoln University
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+
$53,695
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate A-
76.4%
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 A-
88.9%
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
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
76.4%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 76.4%
Four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Lincoln University 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 Lincoln University 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.
Lincoln University: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$53,695 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 | Lincoln University | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $53,695 | #1197 of 5103 | 77th |
| 150%-time completion | 76.4% | #922 of 4858 | 81st |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 204 | #3617 of 5462 | 34th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
204
Undergraduate enrollment
-
Acceptance rate
-
SAT average
76.4%
150%-time completion
$53,695
10-yr median earnings
88.9%
First-year retention
How Lincoln University ranks in California
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Lincoln University | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $53,695 | #140 of 493 | 72nd |
| 150%-time completion | 76.4% | #123 of 483 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 204 | #371 of 553 | 33rd |
Highest former-student earnings in California
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 140 | Lincoln UniversityThis school | $53,695 | - |
Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition & Net Price
| In-State Tuition | $13,150 |
| Out-of-State Tuition | $13,150 |
Net Price by Family Income
0.0%
Pell Grant Rate
0.0%
Federal Loan Rate
Net price at Lincoln University swings rather than trends
Across 7 reported years between 2013 and 2022, the average net price here has ranged from $14,128 to $28,597 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +83.6%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$14,128
Highest year
$28,597
Most recent (2022)
$28,597
7 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $15,5772022 · $28,597
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2022). 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
88.9%
Retention Rate
$44,602
Median Earnings (6yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 76.4% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 88.9% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $44,602 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $53,695 |
Programs & Earnings
No program-level earnings data available for this school.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Lincoln University? ▼
Lincoln University is a private nonprofit institution in Oakland, California. Undergraduate enrollment is 204 students.
How much do Lincoln University former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Lincoln University who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $53,695 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $44,602.
What is the graduation rate at Lincoln University? ▼
Lincoln University has a 76.4% completion rate within 150% of normal time at a four-year institution (typically six years for a bachelor’s program). The first-year retention rate is 88.9%.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. 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).
Where to go next from Lincoln University
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