Lindenwood 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 14.6-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 117 Title IV programs, 40 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 77 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing40 · 34.2%
- No Data77 · 65.8%
- 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
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 2
Action history · 3
- Feb 2024Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Jun 2020Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Dec 2019Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
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, 2,123 students received $10.6M in Pell grants, alongside $44.4M 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 3,113 borrowers who entered repayment, 55 (1.7%) 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 Lindenwood
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 · 15
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 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Lindenwood vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Lindenwood 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectLindenwood University | 49% | — | 6,826 | $19,638 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 64% | 86.2% | 8,260 | $27,047 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 37% | 69.0% | 5,736 | $21,032 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 43% | — | 5,689 | $22,715 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 46% | 68.6% | 5,699 | $27,006 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 74% | 69.6% | 3,577 | $25,884 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 48% | 69.3% | 5,718 | $24,300 |
Institutions like Lindenwood
Explore the federal data for institutions in Lindenwood's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMissouri
Webster University
Grad rate64%Admit rate86.2%Enrollment8,260Net price$27,047View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMissouri
Park University
Grad rate37%Admit rate69.0%Enrollment5,736Net price$21,032View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMissouri
Columbia College
Grad rate43%Admit rate—Enrollment5,689Net price$22,715View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMissouri
Missouri Baptist University
Grad rate46%Admit rate68.6%Enrollment5,699Net price$27,006View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMissouri
Rockhurst University
Grad rate74%Admit rate69.6%Enrollment3,577Net price$25,884View data
Lindenwood Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
We are committed to excellence, accountability, and continuous growth. Through robust accreditation, strategic planning, and data-driven assessment, we ensure quality in academic programs and operations.
Visit IR office page- Nichole TorbitzkyAssistant Provost, Assessment and Accreditation
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