Private nonprofit · College

Lane College

Jackson, Tennessee · Small city

Admit rate
$10,904
Avg net price
18%
Graduation rate
$31,670
Median earnings

Lane College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Jackson, Tennessee (small city setting), enrolling 736 undergraduates. It is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). It has a Christian Methodist Episcopal religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 736 undergradsSmall cityNCAA Division II with football · Southern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceCold winters

About Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. European-American settlement of Jackson began along the Forked Deer River before 1820, primarily by migrants from eastern areas of the Upper South, such as Virginia and Kentucky. Jackson was the site of the now permanently closed International Rock-A-Billy Hall of Fame Museum, which recognized the contributions of Tennessee musicians to this genre. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
Nearest big city
77 miles to Memphis, TN
To the ocean
341 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to McKellar-Sipes (MKL)

How Lane College compares

Graduation rate18%

Higher than 5% · #42 of 43 in Tennessee

First-year retention44%

Higher than 4%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$31,670

Higher than 4% · #43 of 43 in Tennessee

Average net price$10,904

Cheaper than 88% · #7 cheapest of 42 in Tennessee

Median debt at graduation$30,500

Lower than 4%

Student–faculty ratio15 : 1

Lower than 35%

Undergraduate enrollment736

Larger than 29%

Percentiles compare Lane College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Tennessee.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

736undergrads
  • Women31643%
  • Men42057%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White0.8%
  • Black64%
  • Other or multiracial35%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
736
Student–faculty ratio
15 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
79%
First-generation students
45%
Students over 25
9%
Median family income
$17,096
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$48,096
Endowment
$8,528,808

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$11,790
Room & board
$7,610
Books & supplies
$700
Total cost of attendance
$23,441
Average net price
$10,904

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
18%
Graduated on time (4 years)
10%
First-year retention
44%
Transferred to another college
26%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$24,623
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$31,670
Median debt at graduation
$30,500
Students with federal loans
67%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
8%

About 8% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
10%
First-generation
19%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
1,142
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
100%+
Housing charge (year)
$4,760
Meal plan (year)
$2,850
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NCAA Division II with football
Football conference
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Varsity athletes
283 (196 men · 87 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (7)

Football109
Track and Field (Outdoor)49
Basketball40
Baseball26
Cross Country23
Volleyball20
Softball16

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
D
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
14.4 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
13
Property offenses (2022–2024)
19

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (738 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

11reported offenses a year
4.3 violent a year6.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
4.7
Aggravated assault
2.7
Motor vehicle theft
1.3
Rape
0.7
Fondling
0.7
Robbery
0.3
Arson
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$10,904
$30–48k
$48–75k
$75–110k
$110k+

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$51,025

$10,904/year × about 4.7 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

42%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$6,034
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 42% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,034. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 313 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$31,670
Typical debt at graduation
$30,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
96%
Out-earn a HS grad
28%

Typical debt would take roughly 9.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Weigh it value

The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$31,047
Men
$33,434

Men out-earn women by $2,387 (8%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
91°F
Winter low
27°F
Annual rain
56.9″
Annual snow
2.7″

Average temperature

HighLow
20°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.95.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Jackson Exp Stn, TN US station (2.2 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.