Lawrence University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 38 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 18.4%
- No Data31 · 81.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 2
- Dec 2018Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Aug 2014Change in Agency recognitionNational Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 405 students received $2.4M in Pell grants, alongside $5.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 318 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (0.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Lawrence
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus11
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation2
- Religion1
- Gender identity1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Lawrence vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lawrence selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLawrence University | 77% | — | 1,417 | $23,401 | Baccalaureate |
| 71% | 63.0% | 1,004 | $21,526 | Baccalaureate | |
| 72% | 85.7% | 2,032 | $26,172 | Baccalaureate | |
| 63% | 79.8% | 709 | $20,216 | Baccalaureate | |
| 59% | 55.6% | 1,525 | $20,897 | Baccalaureate | |
| 62% | 80.7% | 1,308 | $14,301 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 67% | 79.8% | 1,363 | $21,212 |
Institutions like Lawrence
Explore the federal data for institutions in Lawrence's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateWisconsin
Beloit College
Grad rate71%Admit rate63.0%Enrollment1,004Net price$21,526View data - BaccalaureateWisconsin
Saint Norbert College
Grad rate72%Admit rate85.7%Enrollment2,032Net price$26,172View data - BaccalaureateWisconsin
Ripon College
Grad rate63%Admit rate79.8%Enrollment709Net price$20,216View data - BaccalaureateOhio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Grad rate59%Admit rate55.6%Enrollment1,525Net price$20,897View data - BaccalaureateMichigan
Albion College
Grad rate62%Admit rate80.7%Enrollment1,308Net price$14,301View data
Lawrence Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Office of Institutional Research is to collect, analyze, contextualize, report, and disseminate institutional data in support of the University’s strategic priorities and mission.
Visit IR office page- Kristin L. McKinleyDirector of Institutional Research
- Matthew VanKopfTemporary Associate Director of Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Lawrence's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I371% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1300 transfer applicants → 100 admitted (33.3%) → 50 enrolled
Source publications
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