Lyon College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Lyon College

Lyon College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Batesville, Arkansas (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 648 students of which 597 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. Lyon College is categorized as “21” 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 62.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey and an ACT midpoint of 24. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,616, with published in-state tuition of $31,000 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 51.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 71.3%. Graduates earn a median of $44,232 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,629 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 26100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.3% 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.