Lee 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
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.7-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.
Of 94 Title IV programs, 25 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 69 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing25 · 26.6%
- No Data69 · 73.4%
- 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.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
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.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 9
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2022Deny Substantive Change: DegreeSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2022Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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, 1,156 students received $6.9M in Pell grants, alongside $16.8M 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 1,082 borrowers who entered repayment, 14 (1.2%) 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 Lee
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 · 9
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 campus6
Includes 2 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Lee vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lee 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLee University | 63% | — | 3,714 | $18,878 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 55% | 65.5% | 3,229 | $24,345 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 42% | 67.3% | 3,457 | $18,759 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 69% | 59.7% | 2,306 | $21,574 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 55% | 86.7% | 1,772 | $9,854 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 55% | 48.7% | 3,121 | $35,013 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 55% | 65.5% | 3,175 | $20,226 |
Institutions like Lee
Explore the federal data for institutions in Lee's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Southern Adventist University
Grad rate55%Admit rate65.5%Enrollment3,229Net price$24,345View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Cumberland University
Grad rate42%Admit rate67.3%Enrollment3,457Net price$18,759View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Freed-Hardeman University
Grad rate69%Admit rate59.7%Enrollment2,306Net price$21,574View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTennessee
Christian Brothers University
Grad rate55%Admit rate86.7%Enrollment1,772Net price$9,854View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsAlabama
Tuskegee University
Grad rate55%Admit rate48.7%Enrollment3,121Net price$35,013View data
Lee Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research seeks to facilitate decision-making at all levels of the institution by providing institutional and unit-level data and information in an accurate and timely manner. This is accomplished by creating an atmosphere of systematic organizational planning and assessment based on best practices in higher education.
Visit IR office page- Virginia EstesCoordinator of Institutional Research
- Rocky WalkerDirector of Institutional Research
Common Data Set
Lee's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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