Lyon College

Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location: Southeast
Setting: Small Town Setting
Type: Private
Affiliation: Presbyterian Church (USA)
Size: Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
School Description
Provided by Lyon College

Lyon College offers a liberal arts education of superior quality in a personalized setting. A selective, independent, undergraduate, residential teaching and learning community affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Lyon encourages the free intellectual inquiry essential to social ethical and spiritual growth. With a rich scholarly and religious heritage, Lyon develops, in a culture of honor, responsible citizens and leaders committed to continued personal growth and service.

Lyon College From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Lyon College was founded in Batesville, Arkansas in 1872 as Arkansas College. Affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), it is the state’s oldest independent college still operating under its original charter.

History

Origins

When Batesville lost to Fayetteville in the bid for the state university in November 1871, Reverend Isaac J. Long and other ministers in the Arkansas Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in the United States led the effort to establish a denominational college there. Located on the eastern edge of town, Arkansas College opened its doors in September 1872 with Long as president and only one other college-level faculty member. Typical of nineteenth-century denominational institutions, Arkansas College maintained a grammar school (which was phased out in the 1890s) and a secondary academy (discontinued in the 1920s), and featured a curriculum heavy on mathematics, the classical languages (Latin and Greek), and religious instruction.

Originally located on the block now occupied by the First Presbyterian Church of Batesville, the college remained under the guidance of the Long family for most of its first four decades; Isaac J. Long served as president from the college’s founding until his death in 1891, and his son, Eugene R. Long, served two terms as president (1891–1895 and 1897–1913). The college was, from its inception, nonsectarian in philosophy and coeducational. Arkansas College’s first class of graduates in 1876 included three young women who became the state’s first females to receive bachelor’s degrees.

The lack of access to secondary education in north central Arkansas and the state’s meager Presbyterian population kept Arkansas College small. Before World War I, college-level enrollment rarely exceeded 100, and there were no more than five full-time faculty, including the president. A post-war boom expanded enrollment to 200 students by the mid-1920s, however, and the college, whose tiny four-building campus had been surrounded by residences, looked to expand its physical plant by purchasing land in the East End Heights section of town, known after the college’s move as the “middle campus.” The post–World War I decade also witnessed modernization of the curriculum, including a nearly wholesale abandonment of the traditional classical curriculum, the adoption of semester “hours” and electives, and the introduction of fraternities and sororities, which quickly replaced the literary societies that had played an integral role in student life since the 1880s.

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 490
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 100%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 13,905
Students Receiving Aid: 100%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 25
Selectivity: Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 55%
Men 45%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 86%
Other 9%
African-American 3%
Hispanic 1%
Asian 1%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 81%
Out-of-State 19%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Arkansas 81%
Texas 5%
Missouri 3%
Oklahoma 2%
Arizona 1%
Percent of Students International: 4%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 90%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NAIA
Sports Include: Basketball (TranSouth Athletic Conference)
Baseball (TranSouth Athletic Conference)
Track (TranSouth Athletic Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 13,905    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 13,475    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 430    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 1,864 70%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,257 80%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 7,578 100%  
Student Loans:
$ 4,690 58%  
Any Aid:
  100%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 72% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 18%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 500, Math: 530
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 710, Math: 650
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 96%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 23, Math: 22
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 28, Verbal: 30, Math: 27

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 25.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Recommended
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Recommended
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Recommended
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required