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Lee University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

4,383
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
3,829
Undergraduates
554
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

623
Bachelor's degrees awarded
17
Associate's degrees awarded
127
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

63.0%
Graduation rate
63.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

71.0%
Applicants admitted
35.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$23,790
Tuition and fees
$39,460
Price in state, living on campus
$39,460
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Lee University published $23,790 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $20,500 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: The College Scorecard and IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Lee University published $23,790 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $20,500 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$23,790$23,790$23,790
2023–⁠24$22,690$22,690$22,690
2022–⁠23$21,730$21,730$21,730
2021–⁠22$20,500$20,500$20,500
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$23,790
Books and supplies$1,320
Food and housing on campus$10,110
Other expenses on campus$4,240
Total, as NCES adds it$39,460

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor58$75,848
Associate professor29$66,517
Assistant professor41$65,469
Lecturer13$54,105
All ranks141$68,906

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 4,383
Larger than 82% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 63%
Higher than 58% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $68,906
Higher than 52% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$47,559
Median earnings four years after completing
$47,741
Median earnings ten years after entering
$26,000
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
City, small
County
Bradley County
IPEDS ID
220613

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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