Lincoln College Overview

Located in Lincoln, Illinois, Lincoln College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Lincoln draws many to the area.

What Is Lincoln College Known For?

• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Lincoln College.
• In 2017-2018, 30% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average Lincoln College student graduates in 4.0 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Lincoln College?

Contact details for Lincoln College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	300 Keokuk St, Lincoln, IL 62656
Phone:	217-732-3155

How Do I Get Into Lincoln College?

You can apply to Lincoln College online at: lincolncollege.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Lincoln College

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lincoln College?

Lincoln College has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Can I Afford Lincoln College?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Lincoln College, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,952 a year. That adds up to $31,808 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lincoln College is 8.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Lincoln College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 967 undergraduate students at Lincoln College, with 688 being full-time and 279 being part-time.

There are also 27 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 688 full-time undergraduates at Lincoln College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3
Black or African American	370
Hispanic or Latino	53
White	197
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Lincoln College. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 6 countries are represented at Lincoln College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Fiji, Brazil, and Ecuador.

Online Learning at Lincoln College

In 2019-2020, 261 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This is the #1,689 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lincoln College regardless of major.

Lincoln College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Liberal Arts General Studies	74	10	84
Business Administration & Management	0	56	56
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	26	26
Health & Physical Education	0	16	16
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	5	5
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	4	4
Health/Medical Prep Programs	4	0	4
Human Services	0	4	4
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	3	3
Drama & Theater Arts	0	2	2
Music	0	1	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0
TOTAL	78	127	205

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 Simon Q under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.