LIM College
About
LIM College is a private for-profit college in Midtown Manhattan focused on the business of fashion and lifestyle. LIM College offers master's, bachelor's, and associate degree programs in fashion-focused majors with an emphasis on the connection between real-world experience and academic study.
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 11.1-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 25 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 18 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 28.0%
- No Data18 · 72.0%
- 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.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: OwnershipMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
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, 664 students received $3.8M in Pell grants, alongside $16.5M 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 585 borrowers who entered repayment, 13 (2.2%) 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 LIM College
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
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
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.
LIM College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions LIM College 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLIM College | 51% | — | 1,467 | $38,667 | — |
| 57% | 52.7% | 908 | $29,882 | — | |
| 51% | 76.3% | 1,380 | $20,024 | Baccalaureate | |
| 56% | 58.1% | 2,796 | $28,138 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 93% | 8.8% | 3,487 | $28,800 | Baccalaureate | |
| 44% | — | 2,156 | $34,124 | Baccalaureate | |
| 33% | — | 516 | $15,245 | Baccalaureate | |
| 66% | 72.4% | 2,451 | $17,940 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 33% | — | 591 | $4,964 | Baccalaureate | |
| 60% | 86.9% | 2,416 | $20,786 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 60% | 84.1% | 1,290 | $18,659 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 63% | 62.0% | 2,309 | $29,954 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 49% | 74.5% | 1,288 | $27,970 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 80% | 42.1% | 2,314 | $37,607 | Baccalaureate | |
| 65% | 77.0% | 786 | $22,386 | Baccalaureate | |
| 84% | 28.2% | 1,808 | $36,425 | Baccalaureate | |
| 47% | 58.1% | 1,335 | $15,845 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 67% | 74.2% | 4,189 | $22,553 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 54% | 78.8% | 2,013 | $19,285 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 83% | 38.9% | 2,812 | $31,490 | Baccalaureate | |
| 57% | 77.7% | 1,459 | $22,470 | Baccalaureate | |
| 60% | 71.0% | 3,225 | $13,143 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 57% | 77.8% | 2,101 | $20,873 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 37% | 38.2% | 2,624 | $9,217 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 42% | 36.3% | 2,487 | $9,316 | Baccalaureate | |
| 60% | 93.1% | 1,939 | $23,093 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 73% | 83.0% | 3,091 | $22,277 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 60% | 74.1% | 1,012 | $19,140 | Baccalaureate | |
| 72% | 76.8% | 1,687 | $42,729 | — | |
| 49% | 82.6% | 1,601 | $36,861 | Baccalaureate | |
| 72% | 60.6% | 2,530 | $23,388 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 64% | 81.0% | 2,632 | $19,444 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 43% | 90.0% | 683 | $28,882 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 72% | 54.2% | 2,745 | $30,670 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 82% | 72.0% | 1,788 | $28,905 | Baccalaureate | |
| 50% | 82.2% | 1,788 | $19,169 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 50% | — | 929 | $12,148 | Baccalaureate | |
| 59% | 96.9% | 3,448 | $25,942 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 39% | 99.2% | 679 | $11,502 | Baccalaureate | |
| 74% | 73.3% | 5,356 | $52,659 | — | |
| 56% | 53.3% | 2,790 | $22,917 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| 58% | 90.3% | 3,572 | $12,199 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 76% | 92.6% | 3,812 | $57,914 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 52% | 84.3% | 4,567 | $18,129 | Baccalaureate | |
| 0% | — | 188 | $26,625 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs | |
| 8% | — | 12,098 | $17,833 | — | |
| 51% | 73.4% | — | $23,819 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 49% | 99.5% | 1,948 | $9,302 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 80% | 43.9% | 2,065 | $34,561 | Baccalaureate | |
| 28% | — | 4,223 | $17,540 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 57% | 85.1% | 3,774 | $21,696 | Baccalaureate | |
University of the Arts | 69% | 78.2% | — | $44,154 | — |
| 56% | 92.0% | 3,627 | $19,108 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 88.0% | 2,001 | $28,241 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 63% | 90.6% | 5,381 | $27,743 | Doctoral/Professional | |
| Peer group median | 57% | 76.8% | 2,156 | $22,553 |
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Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Grants & funding (19)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityLIM Grant-in-AidLIM Collegeinstitution_site$4,000
- opportunityAdrian G. Marcuse Presidential ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityFashion Educators GrantLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityFirst-Year Academic Achievement ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityInternational Excellence ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM College Merit ScholarshipsLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM College Sibling Tuition AwardLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM College Transfer Scholarships (Junior Grant Scholarship)LIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM Fashion Education Foundation (LIMFEF) ScholarshipsLIM Fashion Education Foundationinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM Graduate Excellence AwardLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM/Community College ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityLIM/FIDM ScholarshipsLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityMaxwell F. Marcuse Founders ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityNew York State Presidential Transfer Scholarship with Suffolk County Community CollegeLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityPartner Scholarship with Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityPartner Scholarship with Brookdale Community CollegeLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityPhi Theta Kappa (PTK) ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityTransfer Academic Achievement ScholarshipLIM Collegeinstitution_site
- opportunityTransfer Pathway Scholarship with Westchester Community CollegeLIM Collegeinstitution_site
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