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Lewis-Clark State College

ID · Public · Small city · 4,256 applicants 2023

90% admit rate $16K–$22K/yr in-state — aid decides

A parent's read

  • The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 5× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$21,925/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$46,001/yr) still runs about 5× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
  • Worth asking: do students finish? Only 40% graduate within six years here — the standard federal measure. Ask what drives that: course availability, transfers out, students working long hours. Not finishing is the costliest outcome there is.

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Parent/student verdict

Accessible

Accessible for most applicants. Affordable — net price averages ~$15,635/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.

Best for

  • In-state residents (tuition ~$7,610 — major value play)
  • Students focused on Health Professions (the school's signature program)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

The reality

  • Out-of-state tuition is 2.9× the in-state rate

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Undergraduates
2,385
1,000 - 4,999 including graduate students
In-state tuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$7,610
sticker, before aid
Out-of-state tuition
$22,028
+$14,418 vs in-state
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
89.8%
Accepts the majority
Test policyApplicants choose whether to send SAT/ACT scores. At many such colleges, students who submit strong scores are still admitted at higher rates.
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$46,001
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$42,133
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$46,001
Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
40%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$18,500

The real cost

What Lewis-Clark State College actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$15,635/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
$21,925/yr
the full published price for in-state students — out-of-state runs higher

Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Lewis-Clark State College's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.

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The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways

+$372K ahead at full price +$397K with aid
Full price, no aidThe all-in yearly price — tuition, housing, food, books, fees — before any aid. This is the real "full price," not just the tuition line. (4 yrs, in-state)
$87,700
~$21,925/yr all-in (out-of-state runs higher)
Aid recipients pay (4 yrs)
$62,540
$15,635/yr average
10-yr earnings total
$460,010
$46,001/yr median, 10 yrs out
Years to recoup the cost
1.9 yrs
at full price (1.4 with aid), at the median earnings rate

Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at Lewis-Clark State College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Lewis-Clark State College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Health Professions
220 degrees · 53.5%
Highest-paying group on this list, but most careers require additional training beyond a 4-year degree.
2. Business, Management, & Marketing
82 degrees · 20.0%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
3. Public Administration & Social Services
40 degrees · 9.7%
Government, nonprofit, social work. Mission-driven; lower wages than private sector but stable.
4. Education
39 degrees · 9.5%
Teaching is the largest path. Salary depends heavily on district + state.
5. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness
30 degrees · 7.3%
Coaching, athletic training, public-sector recreation, fitness industry.

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Lewis-Clark State College's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Bachelor's Degree 202 $77,965 $83,303
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. Bachelor's Degree 30 $61,097 $71,701
Accounting and Related Services. Bachelor's Degree 27 $43,798 $59,869
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. Bachelor's Degree 20 $39,404 $58,327
Business Administration, Management and Operations. Bachelor's Degree 50 $41,473 $57,599
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. Bachelor's Degree 26 $33,176 $57,214
Business/Corporate Communications. Bachelor's Degree 11 — $54,042
Biology, General. Bachelor's Degree 16 — $51,290
Criminal Justice and Corrections. Bachelor's Degree 14 $40,442 $49,716
Social Work. Bachelor's Degree 45 $35,456 $49,429

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.

Top-1% access
0.3%
from top-1% households
Mobility rateThe share of ALL students who arrived from the bottom 20% of family incomes AND reached the top 20% themselves by their early 30s — access and lift in one number, and a sign the campus itself adds earnings power.
2.1%
bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32
Upward rate
17.0%
of lower-income students who reach the top 20%
Pell recipientsStudents receiving federal Pell grants, which go to lower- and middle-income families — the standard shorthand for a college's economic mix.
24%
on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

AI program signal

AI + computing education at Lewis-Clark State College

CS degrees (annual)
7
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

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Alternatives to Lewis-Clark State College

Matched not just by selectivity, but by strategic goal — what a family actually decides on.

Better merit-aid options
These similar-selectivity schools publish merit scholarships your family can plan around — your kid’s stats could unlock real scholarship dollars.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
AL · Public
17 stats-based + 2 competitive scholarships
University of Mississippi
MS · Public
14 stats-based + 1 competitive scholarships
University of Louisville
KY · Public
13 stats-based + 6 competitive scholarships
Lower full price
Similar selectivity, but a meaningfully lower full sticker price — the comparison that matters most for families who won't qualify for much need-based aid.
Indiana University-Kokomo
IN · Public
$11,837/yr full price (in-state) · $10,088 less before aid for IN residents
CUNY New York City College of Technology
NY · Public
$14,110/yr full price (in-state) · $7,815 less before aid for NY residents
Gordon State College
GA · Public
$14,771/yr full price (in-state) · $7,154 less before aid for GA residents
More students move up here
Per Opportunity Insights, a larger share of these campuses' lower-income students reach the top earnings quintile than at Lewis-Clark State College. That reflects who they admit as well as what they do, so read it as a destination signal rather than proof of value added.
California State University-Los Angeles
CA · Public
9.9% mobility rate (vs 2.1% here)
MCPHS University
MA · Private nonprofit
9.3% mobility rate (vs 2.1% here)
CUNY New York City College of Technology
NY · Public
8.3% mobility rate (vs 2.1% here)

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Lewis-Clark State College is a public four-year college in ID. It admitted 90% of applicants (4,256 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.

Cost: about $15,635 a year on average with aid, $21,925 a year at full price for in-state students.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $46,001 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $397,470 ahead with aid, $372,310 ahead at full price.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($83,303); Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions ($71,701); Accounting and Related Services ($59,869).

Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 13% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 17% of those reached the top fifth as adults.

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