Lincoln Memorial University Business Programs

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

Where Is Lincoln Memorial University?

Contact details for LMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6965 Cumberland Gap Pkwy, Harrogate, TN 37752-9900
Phone:	423-869-3611
Website:	www.lmunet.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LincolnMemorialUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/LMUtweets

How Do I Get Into LMU?

You can apply to LMU online at: www.lmunet.edu/target-x/index.html

Admission Requirements for LMU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into LMU?

The acceptance rate at LMU is 69%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to LMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 610.

LMU received ACT scores from 100% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Lincoln Memorial University?

The overall average net price of LMU is $23,790. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LMU, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $6,817 a year. That adds up to $27,268 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LMU is 3.7%. 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.

Lincoln Memorial University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,817 undergraduate students at LMU, with 1,305 being full-time and 512 being part-time.

There are also 3,068 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,305 full-time undergraduates at LMU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	71
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	1,083
International Students	66
Other Races/Ethnicities	61

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Lincoln Memorial University. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 36 countries are represented at LMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, United Kingdom, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Lincoln Memorial University

In 2019-2020, 489 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 10th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of LMU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lincoln Memorial University was $23,490 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how LMU 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
Operations Management	#7	#7
Business Statistics	#11	#8
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#16	#13
Business Management & Marketing	#16	#13
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#37	#37
Marketing	#43	#43
General Business/Commerce	#45	#27
General Business/Commerce	#45	#27
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#46	#28
Interior Design Management	#55	#46

Online Growth Rankings of LMU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lincoln Memorial University was 84.1%. This is the #392 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at LMU regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Operations Management	#1
Business Statistics	#1
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#7
Business Management & Marketing	#7
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#19
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#22
Interior Design Management	#28
Marketing	#33
General Business/Commerce	#39
General Business/Commerce	#39
General Business Administration and Management	#198
Business Administration & Management	#240

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%.

Lincoln Memorial University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	19	27	0	46
General Business Administration and Management	7	28	2	37
Business Management & Marketing	8	12	0	20
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	8	5	0	13
General Business/Commerce	2	5	0	7
Finance	4	0	0	4
Operations Management	0	2	0	2
Accounting and Business/Management	1	0	0	1
Business Statistics	0	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	49	79	2	130

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 Dwight Burdette under License

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