About Rise Up

Some universities make it a point to "weed out" students. Not this one. At Lenoir-Rhyne, our mission is all about helping people rise up to their highest potential.

Here's what you can expect at North Carolina's rising university:

Location: New buildings and facilities are rising on L-R's 100-acre campus in Hickory, North Carolina. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. we're an hour from the mountains and about four hours from the beach.

Character: L-R has been raising the quality of education in Western North Carolina since 1891. We're a private, coeducational university affiliated with the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and open to students from all religious backgrounds.

Students: Approximately 1,850 students rise to the challenge at L-R: 83% are from the state of North Carolina; 16% are minority students; and 89% attended public high school. Our student population is approximately 34% male and 66% female.

Faculty: Learn from rising stars: Fulbright winners, award-winning researchers, and leaders in their academic fields. Our student-faculty ratio is 12:1 (but one-on-one mentoring relationships are more the norm).

Clubs & Organizations: How can you rise up at L-R? We have more than 50 clubs and organizations, including fraternities and sororities, professional and honorary societies, music and performance groups, athletic and religious clubs.

Athletics: Over the past few years, the Bears have really raised the bar. Our teams are rising contenders in the Division II of the NCAA and the South Atlantic Conference (SAC). Varsity teams include men's baseball and football; men's and women's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, and track and field; and women's softball and volleyball.

Cost: If there's a will, there's a way to rise up. That means, with a little help, an L-R education can be very affordable: 98% of our students receive some kind of aid, whether it's a grant, scholarship, loan, or work/study program.

Curriculum: Our programs are founded on the liberal arts and include majors in the humanities, arts, and sciences, as well as pre-professional programs. All of them are designed to help you rise up — both intellectually and in your career.

• Undergraduate Majors
• Masters Degree Programs
• Licensure Programs:
  School Counseling Licensure
  Teacher Licensure
• Advanced Certificate of Study:
  Counseling from a Christian Perspective

Accreditation: L-R is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's and a fast-rising number of master's degrees. We're also accredited by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission, and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

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