Lock Haven University Computer Science Programs

Lock Haven University is a public institution located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Lock Haven draws many to the area.

Where Is Lock Haven University?

Contact details for LHU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	401 North Fairview Street, Lock Haven, PA 17745-2390
Phone:	570-484-2011
Website:	www.lockhaven.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LockHavenUniversityofPA?ref=hl
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/LockHavenUniv

How Do I Get Into LHU?

You can apply to LHU online at: admissions.lockhaven.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for LHU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into LHU?

Since LHU has an acceptance rate of 93%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 89% of students accepted to LHU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 570. Math scores were between 460 and 560.

LHU received ACT scores from 0% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Lock Haven University?

The overall average net price of LHU is $30,564. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At LHU, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $9,290 a year. That adds up to $37,160 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LHU is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Lock Haven University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,727 undergraduate students at LHU, with 2,311 being full-time and 416 being part-time.

There are also 436 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,311 full-time undergraduates at LHU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lock Haven University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	156
Hispanic or Latino	81
White	1,978
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Lock Haven University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at LHU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Kenya, China, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Online Learning at Lock Haven University

In 2019-2020, 3,074 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at LHU has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of LHU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lock Haven University was 94.4%. This is the #341 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at LHU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lock Haven University Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences	8	8
TOTAL	8	8

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.