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Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton

Shelton, Connecticut · Small city

0%
Transfer rate
$38,521
Avg net price
65%
Grad / completion
$38,683
Median earnings

Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Shelton, Connecticut (small city setting), enrolling 875 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 875 undergradsSmall cityCold wintersSnowyNear the coast

About Shelton, Connecticut

Shelton is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Shelton was settled by the English as part of the town of Stratford in 1639. There are two private golf courses in town. Highland Golf Club of Shelton is located in the downtown Shelton area where it was founded in 1900. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Certificate
To the ocean
6 miles
Nearest airport
13 miles to Tweed New Haven (HVN)

How Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton compares

Graduation rate65%

Higher than 55% · #14 of 23 in Connecticut

First-year retention74%

Higher than 52%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$38,683

Higher than 64% · #8 of 13 in Connecticut

Average net price$38,521

Cheaper than 2% · #22 cheapest of 23 in Connecticut

Median debt at graduation$11,250

Lower than 34%

Student–faculty ratio16 : 1

Lower than 49%

Undergraduate enrollment875

Larger than 71%

Percentiles compare Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Connecticut.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

875undergrads
  • Women37443%
  • Men50157%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White24%
  • Black33%
  • Hispanic32%
  • Asian1.6%
  • Other or multiracial9.7%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
875
Student–faculty ratio
16 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
61%
First-generation students
55%
Students over 25
50%
Median family income
$20,981

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

Where students come from

Home state of the 240 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Connecticut99%
  • Other U.S. states1.3%

Most first-years stay in state — Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton draws overwhelmingly from Connecticut.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Cost

In-state tuition
—
Room & board
—
Total cost of attendance
—
Average net price
$38,521

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
65%
First-year retention
74%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$36,485
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$38,683
Median debt at graduation
$11,250
Students with federal loans
79%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
32%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
65%
Low-income (Pell)
64%
First-generation
65%

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
No
Application fee
Free

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%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (875 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.

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
$37,400
$30–48k
$38,816
$48–75k
$39,195
$75–110k
$39,944
$110k+
$41,313

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.

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.

65%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,517
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 65% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,517. 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 525 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)
$38,683
Typical debt at graduation
$11,250
Debt vs. one year's pay
29%
Out-earn a HS grad
53%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.9 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

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
$32,849
Men
$41,931

Men out-earn women by $9,082 (28%) 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
82°F
Winter low
18°F
Annual rain
52″
Annual snow
33.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°50°90°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.55.0JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ansonia 1 NE, CT US station (5.7 mi from campus).

What Lincoln Technical Institute-Shelton graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
145 grads$31k 1 yr$35k 5 yr$11k debt
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers
128 grads$36k 1 yr$49k 5 yr$14k debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
128 grads$52k 1 yr$59k 5 yr$19k debt
Culinary Arts and Related Services
75 grads$24k 1 yr$34k 5 yr$13k debt

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.