Lyon College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Lyon College Academics

Lyon College is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Independent Study, Internships, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Lyon College.

Education:

Early Childhood Education

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

Social Sciences:

Economics, Political Science/Government

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Popular majors:

twenty percent business per marketing, eighteen percent biology, fourteen percent social sciences, thirteen percent psychology, ten percent english, eight percent history

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management

History:

History – General

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Computer Science:

Computer Science

Foreign Language and Literature:

Spanish

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of May. Besides, for international students, the application fee is 50. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $561 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

Lyon College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 72% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 75%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For example, there were ninety-two total number of transfer students who applied and sixty-eight total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero .

Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of January. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of May. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of June. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of March. The regular application due date was not reported. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of August and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported.

Lyon College Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Minority Status, Religious Affiliation, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Minority Status, Religious Affiliation, Leadership and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-eight percent scholarships per grants and thirty-two percent loans per jobs.

Lyon College Students

The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Presbyterian Church (USA), Coed, where 72 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Furthermore, it is part of an Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Lyon College offers Bachelor’s degrees. The school’s size is approximately four hundred and eighty-four degree-seeking undergrads and one hundred and twelve first-time degree-seeking freshmen. Besides, the student body consists of seventy-eight percent in-state students, twenty-two percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, fifty-four percent women, forty-six percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, four percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, ninety percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, four percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-nine percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-nine percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-three percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-eight percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and two percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49.

Further, the university has many unique facilites such as Ozark Regional Studies Center. In any event, the school is located 90 miles from Little Rock.This school features the Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus.

Lyon College Athletics

The Scots (M), Pipers (W) are a member of NAIA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball