Lindenwood University Business Programs

Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, Lindenwood University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Lindenwood University is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Lindenwood University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Lindenwood University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Specialized Sales Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value Business & Commerce Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Value International Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#82	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Lindenwood University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Marketing	College Factual
#27	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#45	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#68	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#68	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#148	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Lindenwood University?

Contact details for Lindenwood University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	209 S Kingshighway, Saint Charles, MO 63301-1695
Phone:	636-949-2000
Website:	www.lindenwood.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LindenwoodUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/@LindenwoodU

How Do I Get Into Lindenwood University?

You can apply to Lindenwood University online at: https://applylu.lindenwood.edu/login.asp?CAM=0

Admission Requirements for Lindenwood University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	considered but not required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lindenwood University?

Lindenwood University has the high acceptance rate of 92%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to Lindenwood University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 590. Math scores were between 490 and 590.

Lindenwood University received ACT scores from 74% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Lindenwood University?

The overall average net price of Lindenwood University is $23,170. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lindenwood University, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,246 a year. That adds up to $28,984 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lindenwood University is 4.0%. 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.

Lindenwood University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,822 undergraduate students at Lindenwood University, with 4,199 being full-time and 623 being part-time.

There are also 2,560 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,199 full-time undergraduates at Lindenwood University, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	534
Hispanic or Latino	203
White	2,541
International Students	427
Other Races/Ethnicities	445

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Lindenwood University. At this time, 41 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 108 countries are represented at Lindenwood University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Venezuela, Panama, and Canada.

Online Learning at Lindenwood University

In 2019-2020, 5,397 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of Lindenwood University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lindenwood University was $18,100 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Lindenwood University 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
Fashion Merchandising	#1	#1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	#1	#1
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	#1	#1
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#1	#1
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#4	#4
General Sales & Marketing	#4	#4
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#22	#16
International Business	#22	#16
Organizational Leadership	#28	#22
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#30	#23
General Management Information Systems	#31	#22
General Business/Commerce	#37	#13
General Business/Commerce	#37	#13
Finance	#48	#39
Interior Design Management	#49	#25
Management Information Systems	#50	#30
Finance & Financial Management	#57	#45
Human Resource Management	#67	#48

Online Growth Rankings of Lindenwood University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lindenwood University was 31.7%. This is the #739 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lindenwood University regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	#1
Fashion Merchandising	#1
General Management Information Systems	#7
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	#8
Management Information Systems	#16
General Sales & Marketing	#17
Finance	#17
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#18
International Business	#20
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#20
Finance & Financial Management	#36
Supply Chain Management	#49
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#62
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#86
Marketing	#109
Organizational Leadership	#114
Human Resource Management	#121
General Business/Commerce	#131
General Business/Commerce	#131
Accounting	#133
Accounting	#223
General Business Administration and Management	#481

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%.

Lindenwood University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	200	0	33	233
Accounting	35	0	34	69
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	37	0	20	57
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	24	0	30	54
General Business Administration and Management	3	0	34	37
Finance	23	0	12	35
Organizational Leadership	0	0	27	27
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	1	1	20	22
General Organizational Communication	14	0	0	14
Supply Chain Management	0	1	11	12
International Business/Trade/Commerce	8	1	3	12
Advertising	10	0	0	10
Fashion Merchandising	7	0	2	9
General Economics	8	0	0	8
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	4	0	2	6
Public Relations	3	0	0	3
Interior Design Management	0	0	0	0
Project Management	0	0	0	0
Retail Management	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0
Financial Planning & Services	0	0	0	0
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	377	3	228	608

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 Bhockey10 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.