1. [College research](/) 2. / 3. Our Lady of the Lake University Research brief & institution hub Copy linkPrint brief # Our Lady of the Lake University TX · Small private nonprofit institution · Overall rank #373 nationally Data snapshot September 27, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 Overview[Cost & aid](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/cost/)[Outcomes](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/outcomes/)[Admissions](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/admissions/)[Majors](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/majors/) ## [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) Our Lady of the Lake University #373 among 1,467 nonprofit four-year institutions. ### Who it’s a good fit for The fit is clearest for a student who wants a small private university in San Antonio with a degree mix led by Public Administration & Social Services and Business. Access is among the highest we track, and Our Lady of the Lake University serves a large Pell population that finishes within a few points of the overall rate. Graduates out-earn what the model predicts for students like them. The model attributes more of that to a remainder it does not explain than to the factors it measures — field of study, enrollment and the local labor market. Return is above average. Affordability is above average, and aid covers a large share of the published cost for the average aid recipient. The spread between the lowest and highest income bands is narrow, so what a family pays does not shift much with income. Mobility is below the levels seen at many peers. A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the best-paid ones are not the largest. ## Our Lady of the Lake University at a glance ### Admissions and outcomes **Admission rate[\[1\]](#hub-data-note-admission)** Not reported **Six-year completion[\[2\]](#hub-data-note-completion)** 46.1% **Four-year earnings[\[3\]](#hub-data-note-earnings)** $55,876 ### Cost and family borrowing **Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[\[6\]](#hub-data-note-net-price)** $17,225 **Median student debt[\[4\]](#hub-data-note-student-debt)** $24,999 **Median Parent PLUS debt[\[7\]](#hub-data-note-gps)** $13,025 ## Our Lady of the Lake University rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[\[5\]](#hub-data-note-rankings) Our Lady of the Lake University is a private nonprofit university in San Antonio, Texas, enrolling 1,066 undergraduates. Its composite standing sits in the upper quarter of the Azimuth ranking among nonprofit four-year institutions. Of students who start full time, 62.8% return for a second year, against a peer median of 74.2% at comparable institutions (same type and size). The [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 46.1%, compared with 54.9% at comparable institutions. An estimated 27.4% of entrants arrive as transfers, so the graduation rate describes a narrower slice of the student body than it would at a school with fewer transfer students. The four pillars sit far apart. Access is the strongest, at the 95th percentile, while mobility is the weakest, at the 21st percentile. Affordability and return fall in between, with return the lower of the two. The shape is a university where financial access is strong and the earnings picture is mixed, with mobility well behind. Access is the pillar that stands out in the Azimuth profile for Our Lady of the Lake University, at the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Affordability is in the 65th percentile and return in the 56th percentile. Mobility is the weakest of the four, at the 21st percentile. 57.2% of undergraduates at Our Lady of the Lake University receive Pell Grants. Azimuth ranks Our Lady of the Lake University #70 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions. Pell recipients complete at 47.9%, which is 1.8 percentage points above the rate for the cohort as a whole. Azimuth ranks the university #1,162 for mobility. Graduates earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students. [How value-added outcomes are assessed](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) · [How to interpret program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) Our Lady of the Lake University rankings in context | Geography | Rank | | --- | --- | | National | #373 | | [Texas](/rankings/best-colleges-in-texas/) | #35 | | [South](/rankings/best-colleges-in-the-south/) | #135 | Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group. ### National pillar percentiles **Economic mobility** National percentile: 21 **Access & reach** National percentile: 95 **[Affordability](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/cost/)** National percentile: 65 **[Return on investment](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/outcomes/)** National percentile: 56 ### Top-ranked majors 1. Social Work**#85** 2. Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness**#141** 3. Criminal Justice and Corrections**#147** This school’s three highest-ranked programs nationally. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ. [Explore major rankings](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/majors/#major-rankings) 01 / Our Lady of the Lake University briefing ## [Our Lady of the Lake University cost & financial aid](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/cost/)[\[6\]](#hub-data-note-net-price)[\[7\]](#hub-data-note-gps) The published cost of attendance at Our Lady of the Lake University is $42,865 (an average). Tuition and fees are $32,106 and room and board is $11,088. After grants and scholarships, the average [net price](/analysis/is-college-worth-it-part-1-the-net-price-illusion/) for aid recipients is $16,442. That is $5,905 below the $22,347 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). For the average aid recipient, the savings is $26,423 against the sticker price. Azimuth ranks the university #490 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. That places the affordability pillar in the 65th percentile. The published cost of attendance at Our Lady of the Lake University is $42,865 (an average across living arrangements). Azimuth ranks the university #490 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions. For families earning under $30,000, it averages $16,236; for those earning $48,001 to $75,000, it averages $17,225; and for those earning over $110,000, it averages $19,100. The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $2,864. Aid covers about 62% of the published cost for the average aid recipient, a savings of $26,423. The average [net price](/analysis/is-college-worth-it-part-1-the-net-price-illusion/) across all aid recipients is $16,442, which is $5,905 below the $22,347 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Borrowers who finish carry a median of $24,999 in federal student loans, $1 below the peer median of $25,000. 87.4% of federal aid recipients take federal loans. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $13,025 in [Parent PLUS](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) loans. The median federal student debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. Your family income Choose a household income range to see estimated net price. $0–30K$30–48K$48–75K$75–110K$110K+ Reported average annual net price · $48–75K**$17,225** After grants and scholarships. Your aid offer may differ. Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary. ### Borrowing and repayment at Our Lady of the Lake University Borrowers who complete a degree at Our Lady of the Lake University leave with a median of $24,999 in federal student loans. That figure is $1 below the $25,000 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). If repaid over ten years, the median debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month. Federal borrowing is common, with 87.4% of federal aid recipients taking federal loans. Parents who borrow through the separate [Parent PLUS](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) program hold a median of $13,025. Graduates of Our Lady of the Lake University earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students, a result at the 90th percentile. The median earnings four years after completion are $55,876, at the 36th percentile, which is $39 below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $42,720 on the downside to $57,777 on the upside. Borrowers who finish carry a median of $24,999 in federal student loans, below the peer median of $25,000. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. Graduates earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students. The return pillar is at the 56th percentile nationally. For the separate population of parent borrowers, median [Parent PLUS](/analysis/ou-what-happens-when-parents-borrow-too/) borrowing is $13,025. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. [How Financial GPS measures payment burden](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/) · [The four risk-and-reward zones](/analysis/4-zones-of-college-risk-and-reward/) Financial GPS ### What does repayment look like? **Institution median student debt** $24,999 **Institution Parent PLUS debt** $13,025 Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included. **Estimated student payment · monthly** $284/mo **Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly** $165/mo Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s. Payment assumptions Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates. [Explore your own numbers in Financial GPS](/financial-gps/?tool=student&school=our-lady-of-the-lake-university#student-tool) [Read the full cost & aid brief](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/cost/) 02 / Our Lady of the Lake University briefing ## [Our Lady of the Lake University career outcomes & earnings](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/outcomes/)[\[3\]](#hub-data-note-earnings)[\[8\]](#hub-data-note-scenarios)[\[9\]](#hub-data-note-value-added) Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,876. That figure is at the 36th percentile. That is $39 below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students. That gap is in the 90th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $529. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $13,354. Azimuth places the return pillar in the 56th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates of Our Lady of the Lake University earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students. That result places the university at the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The median earnings for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled is $55,876 four years after finishing, measured across 546 completers. That figure is below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix put the typical outcome at $55,876, with a downside scenario of $42,720 and an upside of $57,777. An estimated 32.6% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix. Federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $55,876 four years after completion, at the 36th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Our Lady of the Lake University sits $39 below the $55,915 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #642 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students. That places the earnings gap at the 90th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions overall. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $529. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $13,354. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $125. The program mix centers on public administration and social services, business and psychology, with relatively few degrees awarded in STEM fields overall. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix alone range from $42,720 on the downside to $57,777 on the upside, reflecting the spread across fields. An estimated 32.6% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix. Earnings vary with the program mix: the downside scenario is $42,720 and the upside is $57,777. These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates. At the higher end, Kinesiology and Physical Education graduates earn a median of $53,882 four years after completion, from 22 degrees awarded. Criminal Justice follows at $53,505, with 23 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national rank of #147 within its field. Graduates of Our Lady of the Lake University earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students, placing the university at the 90th percentile for that measure. The median federal student loan debt for borrowers who finish is $24,999, which is $1 below the $25,000 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $284 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $13,025 in Parent PLUS loans. Graduates earn about $13,883 more than the model expects for similar students, and the median debt sits below the peer median. A graduate's estimated monthly payment is a figure a family can weigh against the earnings scenarios on the return page. What explains value-added earnings? **Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.** +$529 **Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.** +$13,354 **Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.** +$13,883 These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality. [Read the full outcomes brief](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/outcomes/) 03 / Our Lady of the Lake University briefing ## [Our Lady of the Lake University acceptance rate & admissions](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/admissions/)[\[1\]](#hub-data-note-admission)[\[10\]](#hub-data-note-sat)[\[11\]](#hub-data-note-retention) Our Lady of the Lake University enrolls 1,066 undergraduates, and 57.2% of them receive Pell Grants. An estimated 27.4% of students arrive as transfers or part-time students, so the campus includes people who started elsewhere alongside those who began as first-year students. The Pell share describes the proportion of undergraduates using federal grant aid. The transfer estimate reflects the share of the student body that did not enter as first-time full-time students. Admissions **Admission rate** Not reported [Read the full admissions brief](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/admissions/) 04 / Our Lady of the Lake University briefing ## [What are the largest majors at Our Lady of the Lake University?](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/majors/)[\[12\]](#hub-data-note-programs) The largest programs at Our Lady of the Lake University are in social services and psychology, and their earnings four years after completion range from $39,524 to $53,882. Social Work awards the most degrees, at 43 a year, with a median of $51,943. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #85 in its field. Kinesiology and Physical Education is a smaller program at 22 degrees awarded, but its graduates earn the highest median among the largest programs, at $53,882. Azimuth ranks it #141 in its field. Psychology awards 36 degrees and its median earnings are $39,524, the lowest of the group. Azimuth ranks it #336 in its field. Public Administration & Social Services accounts for 18.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded, with Business second at 17.6%. The largest single program is Social Work, at 43 degrees a year. Its completers earn a median of $51,943 four years after completion. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) 4 programs nationally, including Social Work at #85. The program awarded 43 degrees and shows median earnings of $51,943 four years out. Our Lady of the Lake University awards degrees across a focused set of programs, with 4 holding an Azimuth national rank and 7 reporting four-year earnings. The largest program family is Public Administration & Social Services, accounting for 18.1% of bachelor's degrees awarded, followed by Business at 17.6% and Psychology at 15.1%. The largest single programs are Social Work with 43 degrees awarded, Psychology with 36, and Criminal Justice with 23. Social Work is also the highest-ranked program at the university. [Azimuth ranks](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/) it #6 in Texas within its field. Graduates earn a median of $51,943 four years after completion, matching the national median for the field. The highest-earning program is Kinesiology and Physical Education, with a median of $53,882 from 22 degrees awarded a year. Criminal Justice follows at $53,505. Azimuth ranks it #147 nationally and #15 in Texas within its field. The pattern is one of concentrated strength in a few service-oriented fields. The largest program is also the best-ranked, and the highest-earning programs sit near the national median for their fields. Across all programs, 10.8% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields. Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields **Social Work 43 degrees awarded** $51,943 **Psychology, General 36 degrees awarded** $39,524 **Criminal Justice and Corrections 23 degrees awarded** $53,505 **Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness 22 degrees awarded** $53,882 **Biology, General 18 degrees awarded** $48,915 **Business Administration, Management and Operations 18 degrees awarded** $47,860 Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings. [Read the full majors brief](/school/our-lady-of-the-lake-university/majors/) ## Data scope & methodology Structured payloads generated September 27, 2026 · Governed hub narrative September 28, 2026 · Governed spoke corpus September 28, 2026 Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection. Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them. Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects. Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release. Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source. Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth. [Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations](/methodology/) · [About College Azimuth](/about/) Read the analysis behind [value-added earnings](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) and the [change to four-year graduate earnings](/analysis/college-scorecard-2026-4-year-vs-10-year-earnings-2-2/). These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com. ## Data notes & source fields Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the [U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation](https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/files/InstitutionDataDocumentation.pdf); notes with a different source link it below. 1. **Admission rate.** Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability. Source fields: `ADM_RATE` 2. **Six-year completion.** First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree. Source fields: `C150_4` 3. **Four-year institutional earnings.** Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion. Source fields: `MD_EARN_WNE_4YR` 4. **Median federal student debt.** Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students. Source fields: `GRAD_DEBT_MDN` 5. **National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks.** Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ. Source fields: `Azimuth rankings` [College Azimuth · Ranking methodology](/methodology/) 6. **Annual net price by family income.** Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers. Source fields: `NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV` 7. **Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration.** Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations. Source fields: `PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations` [College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology](/analysis/financial-gps-framework/) 8. **Downside and upside earnings; yellow band.** The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median. Source fields: `Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios` [College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology](/analysis/median-roi-hides-a-harsh-reality/) 9. **Value added and its components.** Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality. Source fields: `Azimuth statistical model` [College Azimuth · Value-added methodology](/analysis/a-value-added-approach-to-college-outcomes/) 10. **SAT score range and reported midpoint.** Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range. Source fields: `SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG` 11. **First-year retention.** Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions. Source fields: `RET_FT4` 12. **Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots.** Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity. Source fields: `EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE` [College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation](https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/assets/FieldOfStudyDataDocumentation.pdf) 13. **Pell recipients.** Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year. Source fields: `PCTPELL` 14. **Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group.** This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns. Source fields: `1 − PFTFTUG1_EF` 15. **Peer earnings and signed differences.** Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure. Source fields: `Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR` [College Azimuth · Comparison methodology](/methodology/) [How to interpret program rankings](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/)