Lyon College

www.lyon.edu

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2023 Acceptance Rate
65.5%
2,522 Applicants

About

Lyon College is a higher education institution located in Independence County, AR. N/A

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Admissions

Lyon College received 2,522 undergraduate applications in 2023, which represents a 82.5% annual growth. Out of those 2,522 applicants, 1,653 students were accepted for enrollment, representing a 65.5% acceptance rate.

There were N/A students enrolled at Lyon College in N/A. 11% of first-time enrollees submitted SAT scores with their applications.

Lyon College has an overall enrollment yield of 14.3%, which represents the number of admitted students who ended up enrolling.

Acceptance Rate

65.5%
Acceptance Rate in 2023
1,653
Accepted Out of 2,522

In 2023, the undergraduate acceptance rate of Lyon College was 65.5% (1,653 admissions from 2,522 applications). This is higher than the acceptance rate of 2022, which was 59.8%. Between 2022 and 2023, the number of applicants grew by 82.5%, while admissions grew by 99.9%.

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SAT Scores

11%
Submission Percentage (2021)
15
Scores Submitted (2021)

11% of enrolled first-time students at Lyon College in 2021 submitted SAT scores with their applications.

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Graduates

Common Jobs by Major

Physicians
Most Common Job

The most common jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Lyon College are Physicians (447,859 people), Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (443,817 people), Other managers (412,218 people), Postsecondary teachers (277,093 people), and Elementary & middle school teachers (255,263 people).

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Highest Paying Jobs by Major

Diagnostic medical sonographers
Highest Paying Job

The highest paying jobs for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Lyon College are Diagnostic medical sonographers, Surgeons, Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Physicians, and Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents

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Common Industries by Major

Elementary & secondary schools
Most Common Industry

The most common industries for people who hold a degree in one of the 5 most specialized majors at Lyon College are Elementary & secondary schools (902,755 people), Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (671,781 people), General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals (670,716 people), Computer Systems Design (259,608 people), and Outpatient care centers (252,447 people).

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Majors Awarded

IPEDS uses the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) standard, so the categories may not match the exact concentrations offered by Lyon College.
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Most Common (2023)
N/A degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common bachelors degree concentration at Lyon College was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Sex Demographic (2023)
  1. White Female
    44 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    43 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American Male
    7 degrees awarded

The most common race/ethnicity and sex grouping at Lyon College is white female (44 degrees awarded). There were 1.02 times more white female recipients than the next closest race/ethnicity group, white male (43 degrees).

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Operations

Lyon College has an endowment valued at nearly $97.2M, as of the end of the 2023 fiscal year. The return on its endowment was of 3.87M (3.98%) compared to the 4.79% average return (2.46M on 51.4M) across all Baccalaureate Colleges.

In 2023, Lyon College had a total salary expenditure of 32.5M. N/A Most academics at Lyon College are Male Assistant professor (13), Male Associate professor (12), and Female Assistant professor (7).

Endowment

$97.2M
2023 Endowment
2.75%
growth from 2022

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Instructional Salaries

$3.01M
Instructional Salaries
50
Number of Employees

In 2023, Lyon College paid a total of $3.01M to 50 employees working as instructors, which represents 29.2% of all salaries paid.

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Instructors by Academic Rank and Sex

Most Common Demographic (2023)
  1. Male Assistant professor
  2. Male Associate professor
  3. Female Assistant professor

In 2023, the most common demographic for instructional staff at Lyon College was Male Assistant professor with 13 employees, Male Associate professor with 12 employees, and Female Assistant professor with 7 employees.

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