Lebanon Valley College

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation United Methodist
Population 650,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,293 (15%)
Days Without Precipitation 235 (26%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,691
Men / Women 44% / 56%
From State 83%
From Region 14%
Athletes 602 (36.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 83%
Hispanic 6%
Black 3%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
International 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Lebanon Valley College 401 45% 88% 2% 1% 5% 1% $66,937 35 +0.20 47 97%
Computer Science — — — — — — — — $82,166 6 -1.25 77 — — — — —
Computer Science and Engineering 8 +1 100% 88% 0% 0% 12% 0% $81,757 5 -1.26 76 — — — — —
Interaction Design 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,251 33 -0.52 56 — — — — —
Chemistry 6 — 50% 67% 17% 0% 17% 0% $70,437 48 -0.11 56 — — — — —
Mathematics 3 +5 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,848 41 -0.43 64 — — — — —
Physics 6 +2 83% 83% 0% 0% 17% 0% $78,138 33 -0.39 71 — — — — —
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,976 45 -0.13 55 — — — — —
Biology 21 — 43% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $74,049 87 +0.88 64 93% — — — —
Neuroscience 9 +2 0% 89% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,934 49 +0.08 50 — — — — —
Environmental Science 5 — 40% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,750 69 +0.39 33 — — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 2 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $77,787 54 +0.01 71 — — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 25 — 0% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $63,917 61 +0.24 40 — — — — —
Exercise Science 71 — 41% 89% 1% 0% 3% 1% $73,135 88 +1.32 62 100% — — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,512 59 +0.19 38 — — — — —
Accounting 14 — 71% 86% 0% 7% 0% 0% $79,689 34 -0.47 74 96% — — — —
Actuarial Science 16 — 75% 94% 0% 0% 0% 0% $115,298 93 +1.49 97 100% — — — —
Business Administration 36 +5 75% 86% 6% 3% 0% 0% $67,967 32 -0.50 50 98% — — — —
Clinical Research Coordinator — — — — — — — — $71,887 77 +0.29 60 — — — — —
Economics 13 +8 77% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $91,383 52 -0.25 86 93% — — — —
International Business 2 +2 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $80,083 54 -0.16 74 — — — — —
Marketing 1 +7 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $73,400 40 -0.32 63 — — — — —
Creative Writing 2 +3 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $49,132 35 -0.40 8 — — — — —
English 11 +4 18% 91% 0% 9% 0% 0% $46,667 21 -0.70 5 96% — — — —
History 7 +1 71% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $53,535 40 -0.33 14 — — — — —
History — — — — — — — — $54,267 45 -0.26 15 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 4 — 75% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $56,109 50 -0.12 19 — — — — —
Spanish 2 — 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% 0% $67,243 82 +0.82 48 100% — — — —
Community Organization and Advocacy — +1 — — — — — — $55,075 60 +0.21 17 — — — — —
Digital Communication 11 +2 45% 91% 0% 0% 0% 0% $75,153 89 +1.24 66 100% — — — —
International Studies — — — — — — — — $65,252 31 -0.39 43 — — — — —
Political Science 6 — 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $64,546 30 -0.56 41 — — — — —
Psychology 28 +3 14% 79% 0% 7% 14% 0% $48,356 14 -1.02 7 97% — — — —
Sociology 8 +3 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $48,623 14 -0.75 7 100% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 24 — 12% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $51,008 43 -0.19 10 100% — — — —
Fine Arts — — — — — — — — $50,509 70 +0.39 9 — — — — —
Music Education 8 — 25% 62% 0% 0% 12% 0% $48,912 58 +0.23 7 95% — — — —
Music Management 5 — 60% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,865 73 +0.55 11 — — — — —
Music Performance 13 +1 46% 85% 8% 0% 8% 0% $52,472 76 +0.62 12 91% — — — —
Music Technology 11 — 82% 82% 9% 0% 0% 0% $52,472 76 +0.62 12 91% — — — —
Studio Art 5 +4 0% 80% 20% 0% 0% 0% $50,703 70 +0.42 9 — — — — —
Criminology 9 +3 56% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,744 32 -0.43 21 100% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $55,634
ROI Percentile 47th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 83%
4-Year Graduation Rate 58%
6-Year Graduation Rate 65%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 24.7% 99 29% 90% 1% 0% 4% 1% $70,804 23 +1.01 57 100% —
Business & Economics 20.4% 82 74% 88% 2% 2% 0% 2% $83,278 60 -0.06 78 97% —
Social Sciences 13.2% 53 32% 83% 0% 4% 8% 0% $55,791 39 -0.46 18 98% —
Arts 10.5% 42 48% 81% 7% 0% 5% 0% $51,511 51 +0.51 11 92% —
Life & Natural Sciences 8.5% 34 38% 94% 0% 0% 3% 0% $71,951 71 +0.55 60 93% —
Humanities 6.5% 26 38% 85% 0% 4% 12% 0% $51,741 30 -0.37 11 97% —
Education 6.0% 24 12% 88% 0% 0% 8% 0% $51,008 30 -0.19 10 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.7% 15 73% 80% 7% 0% 13% 0% $74,200 38 -0.29 64 — —
Computer Science 3.0% 12 92% 92% 0% 0% 8% 0% $77,922 5 -1.02 71 — —
Professional 2.2% 9 56% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,744 15 -0.43 21 100% —
Agriculture & Food Science 1.2% 5 40% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,750 58 +0.39 33 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 124 $495K $494K $1K
Track & Field (indoor) 50 $36K $36K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 47 $37K $36K $1K
Lacrosse 45 $188K $185K $3K
Baseball 44 $215K $214K $477
Soccer 32 $125K $121K $4K
Ice Hockey 31 $200K $200K $0
Cross Country 25 $47K $47K $0
Basketball 18 $208K $193K $14K
Golf 18 $29K $29K $0
Swimming 18 $41K $41K $0
Tennis 12 $32K $29K $2K
Total 376 $1.7M $1.6M $28K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (indoor) 42 $33K $33K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 41 $32K $30K $1K
Ice Hockey 29 $196K $196K $0
Soccer 26 $107K $107K $201
Swimming 24 $42K $42K $0
Lacrosse 21 $136K $135K $592
Softball 21 $180K $170K $10K
Cross Country 19 $46K $46K $0
Field Hockey 18 $129K $128K $876
Tennis 17 $33K $30K $2K
Basketball 15 $167K $155K $11K
Volleyball 15 $103K $101K $2K
Golf 6 $26K $26K $0
Total 226 $1.2M $1.2M $29K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 124 $495K $494K $1K
Track & Field (indoor) 92 $70K $70K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 88 $69K $66K $2K
Lacrosse 66 $325K $321K $4K
Ice Hockey 60 $397K $397K $0
Soccer 58 $232K $228K $4K
Baseball 44 $215K $214K $477
Cross Country 44 $93K $93K $0
Swimming 42 $84K $84K $0
Basketball 33 $376K $349K $26K
Tennis 29 $65K $60K $5K
Golf 24 $56K $56K $0
Softball 21 $180K $170K $10K
Field Hockey 18 $129K $128K $876
Volleyball 15 $103K $101K $2K
Total 602 $4.6M $4.5M $83K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 78%
Yield (non-ED) 19%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 78% 78%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 20%
SAT Range 1140 – 1300
SAT Math Range 560 – 650
SAT RW Range 580 – 650