Lock Haven University Business Programs

Located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven University is a public institution. The surrounding location of Lock Haven is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Lock Haven University?

Contact details for LHU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	401 North Fairview Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745-2390
Phone:	570-484-2011
Website:	www.lockhaven.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LockHavenUniversityofPA?ref=hl
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/LockHavenUniv

How Do I Get Into LHU?

You can apply to LHU online at: admissions.lockhaven.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for LHU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into LHU?

With an acceptance rate of 93%, LHU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 89% of students accepted to LHU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 570. Math scores were between 460 and 560.

LHU received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Lock Haven University?

The overall average net price of LHU is $30,564. 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 LHU, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $9,290 a year. That adds up to $37,160 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LHU is 7.6%. 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.

Lock Haven University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,727 undergraduate students at LHU, with 2,311 being full-time and 416 being part-time.

There are also 436 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,311 full-time undergraduates at LHU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	156
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	1,978
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Lock Haven University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at LHU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kenya, China, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Online Learning at Lock Haven University

In 2019-2020, 3,074 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 49th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of LHU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lock Haven University was $10,878 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $20,702. The following table shows how LHU 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
Actuarial Science	#1	#1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#31	#21

Online Affordability Rankings of LHU Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lock Haven University was $10,878 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $20,702. The following table shows how LHU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Actuarial Science	#1	#1
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#24	#38
Finance	#31	#80
Finance & Financial Management	#40	#89

Online Growth Rankings of LHU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lock Haven University was 94.4%. This is the #386 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at LHU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at LHU ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at LHU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Actuarial Science	#2
Finance	#20
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#21
Finance & Financial Management	#31

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%.

Lock Haven University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	3	39	0	42
Accounting	0	10	0	10
Actuarial Science	0	0	3	3
Finance	0	0	0	0
Other Marketing	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	49	3	55

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.