Lebanon Valley College Overview

Lebanon Valley College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Annville, Pennsylvania. Annville is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Lebanon Valley College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at LVC is 4%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at LVC.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 48% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, LVC bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,800 a year. That's about 12% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from LVC to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Lebanon Valley College Rankings

We have ranked LVC as #124 out of 2,587 colleges and universities in the country in our 2022 Best Colleges list. This lands it a coveted spot in the top 5% of all colleges and universities in the country. LVC also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

LVC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#42	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#124	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#141	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at LVC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#4	Best Radio, TV & Digital Communication Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Special Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Arts & Media Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Criminology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#26	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#65	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#144	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards LVC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods Schools	College Factual
#17	Best Special Education Schools	College Factual
#25	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#62	Best Communication & Journalism Schools	College Factual
#81	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#90	Best Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is Lebanon Valley College?

Contact details for LVC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	101 N College Ave, Annville, PA 17003-1400
Phone:	717-867-6100
Facebook:	http://www.lvc.edu/facebook/facebook.aspx
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/lvc

How Do I Get Into LVC?

You can apply to LVC online at: www.lvc.edu/admission/how-to-apply/undergraduate-students/

Admission Requirements for LVC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into LVC?

LVC has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 88% of students accepted to LVC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 630. Math scores were between 530 and 630.

LVC received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Lebanon Valley College?

The overall average net price of LVC is $35,289. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At LVC, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $11,243 a year. That adds up to $44,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LVC is 3.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Lebanon Valley College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,699 undergraduate students at LVC, with 1,621 being full-time and 78 being part-time.

There are also 260 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,621 full-time undergraduates at LVC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lebanon Valley College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	46
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	95
White	1,352
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Lebanon Valley College. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at LVC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Vietnam, and China.

Online Learning at Lebanon Valley College

In 2019-2020, 1,649 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at LVC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 84th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of LVC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lebanon Valley College was 53.8%. This is the #635 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at LVC regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of LVC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health & Medical Administrative Services	33%
Health Professions	7%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at LVC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at LVC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#174
Business Administration & Management	#399

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lebanon Valley College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	36	0	29	0	65
Health & Physical Education	61	0	0	0	61
Teacher Education Grade Specific	32	9	7	0	48
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	34	34
Music	27	0	0	0	27
Special Education	23	0	0	0	23
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	20	0	0	0	20
Teacher Education Subject Specific	11	4	5	0	20
General Psychology	19	0	0	0	19
General Biology	18	0	0	0	18
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	17	0	0	0	17
General English Literature	17	0	0	0	17
Accounting	15	0	0	0	15
Criminology	10	0	0	0	10
Sociology	10	0	0	0	10
Economics	9	0	0	0	9
Political Science & Government	9	0	0	0	9
Fine & Studio Arts	8	0	0	0	8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	6	0	0	0	6
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	6	0	0	0	6
Mathematics	6	0	0	0	6
Data Analytics	6	0	0	0	6
Allied Health Professions	0	0	5	0	5
History	5	0	0	0	5
International Studies	5	0	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	5	0	0	0	5
Chemistry	5	0	0	0	5
Physics	4	0	0	0	4
Computer Information Systems	3	0	0	0	3
Writing Studies	3	0	0	0	3
Romance Languages	3	0	0	0	3
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	3	0	0	3
Arts & Media Management	3	0	0	0	3
Computer Science	1	0	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	1	0	0	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Religious Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	0
International Business	0	0	0	0	0
Audiovisual Communications	0	0	0	0	0
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	407	16	46	34	503

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.