Lenoir-Rhyne University
Hickory, NC
- Undergrads
- 1,359
- Admit rate
- 85%
- Net price
- $20.7k
- Grad rate
- 48%
- Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Specialty: Business 24%
- Specialty: Parks, Recreation & Fitness 22%
Emory & Henry University
Emory, VA 24327Rural: FringeUNITID 232025
Private nonprofit 4-yearMaster's Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsUnited MethodistSpecialty: Parks, Recreation & Fitness 24%Specialty: Business 18%
Undergraduates
1,078
Graduate students
228
Admit rate
84%
Average net price
$19.1k
Graduation rate
56%
Retention rate
66%
Median earnings (10 yr)
$47.4k
Median debt
$26.3k
Student : faculty
12:1
Value score*
48th pct.
Programs offered
51
Highest degree
Graduate degree
- Sector
- Private nonprofit 4-year
- Region
- South · South Atlantic
- Setting
- Rural: Fringe (rural territory up to 5 miles from an urbanized area or up to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster)
- Carnegie
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year, small, highly residential
- Predominant degree
- Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting
- Religious affiliation
- United Methodist
- Main campus
- Yes
* Value score is a CampusAtlas estimate, not an official metric.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, data as of June 10, 2026. “Not reported” means the value is missing or privacy-suppressed in the source data.