Luther Rice College & Seminary

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Luther Rice College & Seminary

Luther Rice College & Seminary operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Lithonia, Georgia (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 165 students of which 304 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. Luther Rice College & Seminary is categorized as “24” 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 91.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $27,883, with published in-state tuition of $11,320 and a Pell grant recipient share of 50.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $34,153, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, and the first-year retention rate is 50.0%. Graduates earn a median of $47,003 ten years after enrolling, compared with $39,300 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 20400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 68.7% 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.