Sunday, November 08, 2009

Best Colleges 2010

Lyon College

Work PO Box 2317 Batesville, AR 72503-2317
Work(800) 423-2542
Web site: http://www.lyon.edu
  • 97Rank
  • 51Score
Tier 1
College Category:
Liberal Arts Colleges

Overview : Lyon College

General Information  
Institutional Control: Private
Year founded: 1872
Religious affiliation: Presbyterian
Academic calendar: semester
Total number of undergraduates: 458
Setting: rural
Endowment: $45,952,095
Fall Admissions  
Application deadline: rolling
Application fee: $25
Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: 67.2%
Selectivity: more selective
Expenses  
Costs: 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $18,078
Mission  
School mission: U.S. News & World Report includes Lyon College among the country's best liberal arts colleges. A private, residential, undergraduate institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), Lyon is located in Batesville, Arkansas. Founded in 1872, it is the oldest institution in the state. Lyon is distinguished by the quality of its faculty, its student-run honor system, the beauty of its campus and its endowed international studies program. Lyon faculty have been named CASE Arkansas Professor of the Year on 14 occasions in the past 20 years, a record unmatched by any college in the country.

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