Hannibal - LaGrange University Business Programs

Hannibal - LaGrange University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hannibal, Missouri. The surrounding location of Hannibal is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Hannibal - LaGrange University?

Contact details for HLGU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2800 Palmyra Rd, Hannibal, MO 63401
Phone:	573-221-3675
Website:	www.hlg.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HLGuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/hlguniversity

How Do I Get Into HLGU?

You can apply to HLGU online at: https://apply.hlg.edu/

Admission Requirements for HLGU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into HLGU?

With an acceptance rate of 65%, HLGU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Average Test Scores

About 17% of students accepted to HLGU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 535 and 635. Math scores were between 540 and 680.

HLGU received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

Can I Afford Hannibal - LaGrange University?

The overall average net price of HLGU is $28,019. 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

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 HLGU, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,975 a year. That adds up to $31,900 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at HLGU is 6.9%. 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.

Hannibal - LaGrange University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 671 undergraduate students at HLGU, with 504 being full-time and 167 being part-time.

There are also 68 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 504 full-time undergraduates at HLGU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hannibal - LaGrange University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	389
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	39

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Hannibal - LaGrange University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 26 countries are represented at HLGU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Venezuela, and Japan.

Online Learning at Hannibal - LaGrange University

In 2019-2020, 248 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 28th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of HLGU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Hannibal - LaGrange University was $24,000 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how HLGU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Leadership	#47	#44

Online Growth Rankings of HLGU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Hannibal - LaGrange University was 13.7%. This is the #1,099 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at HLGU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at HLGU 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 HLGU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#115
Organizational Leadership	#186

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%.

Hannibal - LaGrange University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	13	0	13
General Business Administration and Management	12	0	12
Organizational Leadership	0	7	7
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	3	0	3
Accounting	0	0	0
TOTAL	28	7	35

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.