Hannibal-LaGrange University
Hannibal, MO · Private · Town (remote) · HLU
Private institution in Hannibal, MO · 381 undergraduates · 59% acceptance rate · $42,643 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 7%Student-faculty ratio
- Top 24%Acceptance rate
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $21,1231,187th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,8801,268th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $26,8801,138th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $39,2961,204th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,599505th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,6431,487th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,1851,150th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 44.3%1,381st highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 79.3%711th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 58.7%387th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1020897th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 22605th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3811,744th largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1146th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 29.3%1,255th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 238 mi (MDW)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 27 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $31,943 | $34,526 |
| Communication and Media StudiesCommunications | bachelors | $30,771 | — |
| Social WorkPublic Administration | bachelors | $30,228 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasEducation | bachelors | $30,047 | — |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $28,960 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsEducation | bachelors | $26,799 | $26,933 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Bible/Biblical StudiesTheology | bachelors | — | — |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralComputer Science | bachelors | — | — |
| Design and Applied ArtsVisual & Performing Arts | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Southern Baptistsource
- Founded in 1858source
- Athletic nickname: "Trojans"source
- Mascot: Trojansource
- Motto: "Scientia ad serviendum ("Knowledge for Service")"source
- Formerly known as "LaGrange Male and Female Seminary" (1858–1928)source
- Formerly known as "Hannibal College (????–1928)"source
- Formerly known as "Hannibal–LaGrange College" (1928–2010)source
- Athletic conference: NAIAsource
Athletics — 7 sports
NAIA Division I · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $2,273,553 (M $1,594,813 · W $678,740)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websitehlg.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 177542)
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- Sports directoryAll 7 EADA programs at this school
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