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
- $21,1231,185th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,8801,258th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $26,8801,128th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $39,2961,197th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $18,599502nd lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,6431,480th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,1851,146th highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 44.3%1,368th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 79.3%705th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 58.7%381st most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1020895th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 22604th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 3811,739th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 7.0:1144th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 29.3%1,241st highest of 2,122 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.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Hannibal-LaGrange University’s 381 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In MO
- St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonFenton, MO · 401 undergrads
- Stephens CollegeColumbia, MO · 353 undergrads
- Mission UniversitySpringfield, MO · 342 undergrads
- Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of NursingSaint Louis, MO · 426 undergrads
- University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. LouisSaint Louis, MO · 274 undergrads
- Cottey CollegeNevada, MO · 266 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Simmons College of KentuckyLouisville, KY · 381 undergrads
- California Aeronautical UniversityBakersfield, CA · 383 undergrads
- Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY · 379 undergrads
- Eastern Nazarene CollegeQuincy, MA · 378 undergrads
- University of Silicon ValleySan Jose, CA · 377 undergrads
- The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterMemphis, TN · 376 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitehlg.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 177542)
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- Compare with St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Hannibal-LaGrange University vs St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 7 EADA programs at this school
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