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Lebanon Valley College

Annville, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·lvc.edu
6-yr Graduation
65%
-7.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Total enrollment
2,146
peer median 2,173
Avg net price
$26,979
+$191 vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
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About

Lebanon Valley College is a private institution located in Annville, Pennsylvania, founded in 1866. It has approximately 1,600 full-time undergraduate students and focuses on undergraduate and graduate programs across various fields, including liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
2,729
2,729 candidates competed
Admitted
2,286
83.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
443
19.4% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
65%-7.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
4-year graduation
58%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
65%
Full-time retention
83%

Pell equity

16.5pp gap
Pell recipients
53%69 of 130
Non-Pell (all)
70%235 of 338
Subsidized loan, no Pell
70%124 of 177
No Federal Aid
69%111 of 161

Non-Pell students graduate at a 16.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

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.

FVT/GE

Of 67 Title IV programs, 17 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 50 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
67
Passing
17
25.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

67programs
  • Passing17 · 25.4%
  • No Data50 · 74.6%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
16
No data
50

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.

17
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+21.5%
$42,874 vs $35,274
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+32.8%
$46,836 vs $35,274
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+35.6%
$47,838 vs $35,274
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+36.6%
$80,274 vs $58,761
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+43.6%
$50,658 vs $35,274
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+47.9%
$68,619 vs $46,391
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+53.8%
$54,235 vs $35,274
Romance Languages Literatures and Linguistics
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
+57.5%
$55,548 vs $35,274

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

14
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
64%
$51,250 debt · $80,274 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
63%
$27,000 debt · $42,874 earn
Sociology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
58%
$27,000 debt · $46,836 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
56%
$27,000 debt · $47,838 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
53%
$27,000 debt · $50,658 earn
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
50%
$27,000 debt · $54,235 earn
Criminology
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
46%
$27,000 debt · $58,447 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
45%
$27,000 debt · $59,559 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1922Next review Jan 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 5

  1. Nov 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Jul 2023Initial Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. Apr 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
  4. Mar 2021Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  5. Aug 2014Change in Agency recognition
    National Association of Schools of Music, Commission on Accreditation · Music (MUS) - Institutions and units within institutions offering degree-granting and/or non-degree-granting programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$20,788
$30–48k$21,773
$48–75k$22,266
$75–110k$26,236
$110k+$31,533

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$26,979
+$191vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs median $26,789
Federal loans
69.1%
In-state tuition
$52,080
Out-of-state
$52,080

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 521 students received $3.0M in Pell grants, alongside $18.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
521
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.0M
$2,994,630 total
Direct Loans
$18.5M
2,488 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
’20
0k
’21
0k
’22
0k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.7M
865 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.0M
1,087 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$4.1M
203 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.9M
285 loan awards
Grad PLUS$817K
48 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 468 borrowers who entered repayment, 4 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
468
Defaulted
4
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
1.7%
2017
3.9%
2018
2.2%
2019
0.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Lebanon Valley College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs65
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

614 total completions
01Business
12219.9%
02Health Professions
11819.2%
03Parks/Recreation
7612.4%
04Education
7111.6%
05Social Sciences
589.4%
06Psychology
528.5%
07Biological Sciences
447.2%
08Visual/Performing Arts
396.4%
09English Language
203.3%
10Physical Sciences
142.3%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,146
12-mo unduplicated
2,310
Undergraduate
1,795
Graduate
515

Gender split

Men
41%955
Women
59%1,355

Race / ethnicity composition

White
83.5%
Hispanic
6.6%
Two or more
3.3%
Black
2.7%
Asian
1.7%
Unknown
1.1%
Non-resident
1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
602
376 M · 226 W
Women athletes
37.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$4.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$60K
$38K
Head-coach salaries
$31K
$26K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 15

Football
124 M · —
$495K
Track and Field (Indoor)
50 M · 42 W
$70K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
47 M · 41 W
$67K
Lacrosse
45 M · 21 W
$321K
Ice Hockey
31 M · 29 W
$398K
Soccer
32 M · 26 W
$228K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.33
5 offenses · 2,142 students

3-year trend

3.432 yrs ago0.481 yr ago2.33Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
13
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
4
Rape
1

By location

5total
  • On campus5

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons01
Drugs02
Liquor14

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
11.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
126

Lebanon Valley College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Lebanon Valley College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectLebanon Valley College
65%—2,146$26,979Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Albright College
51%76.3%1,380$20,024Baccalaureate
Arcadia University
67%80.2%3,404$29,466Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Elizabethtown College
76%77.9%2,283$26,598Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Juniata College
74%78.9%1,321$23,988Baccalaureate
King's College
60%93.1%1,939$23,093Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Lycoming College
60%74.1%1,012$19,140Baccalaureate
Messiah University
75%79.0%3,373$26,502Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Misericordia University
72%70.9%2,200$37,485Doctoral/Professional
Moravian University
72%54.2%2,745$30,670Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Susquehanna University
82%81.4%2,255$28,819Baccalaureate
Ursinus College
73%91.8%1,502$30,536Baccalaureate
Peer group median72%78.9%2,173$26,789

Institutions like Lebanon Valley College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Lebanon Valley College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Lebanon Valley College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Academic Affairs
Phone
717-867-6100
Address
101 N. College Avenue, Annville, PA 17003-1400

The mission of the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) is to support the advancement of the mission at Lebanon Valley College by providing unbiased information to be used in college-wide decision-making, institutional effectiveness activities, assessment practices, and strategic planning processes.

Visit IR office page

Reports & documents (2)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Notable alumni of Lebanon Valley College (30)

A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

  • Rowland Barnes
  • Carol June Bradley
  • John S. Brenner
  • Marylouise Burke
  • Mark B. Cohen
  • Tom Corbett
  • Bryan Cutler
  • Reuben Ewing
  • Daniel Fox
    Chemistry
  • Don Friday
  • Carolyn Gillette
  • Everett M. Gilmore
Showing 1–12 of 30
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Frequently asked questions about Lebanon Valley College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Lebanon Valley College.

What is the graduation rate at Lebanon Valley College?

Lebanon Valley College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 65% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Lebanon Valley College?

Lebanon Valley College reports a total enrollment of 2,146 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Lebanon Valley College?

The average net price at Lebanon Valley College is $26,979 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Lebanon Valley College?

Lebanon Valley College's yield rate is 19.4%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Lebanon Valley College located?

Lebanon Valley College is located in Annville, Pennsylvania 17003-1400.

Who runs Institutional Research at Lebanon Valley College?

Lebanon Valley College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Academic Affairs.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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