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Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University: cost, admission and results

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University is a public college in Hayward, Wisconsin. It has about 176 undergraduate students. The average net price for students with federal aid is $3,435 a year.

At a glance

  • $3,435Net price a year
  • 100%Graduation rate
  • $25,495Median earnings, 10 years on
Location
Hayward, Wisconsin 54843
Type
Public
Degrees
Mostly associate degrees (two-year)
Setting
Remote rural area
Undergraduate students
176
Graduate students
8
Students per teacher
6 to 1
Accredited by
Higher Learning Commission
Website
lco.edu

Getting in

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University has an open admission policy: it does not turn applicants away on grades or test scores, though some courses can have their own requirements.

What it costs

Tuition and fees for a year$6,030
Room and meals on campus$4,102
Books and supplies$1,000
Average full cost of a year (tuition, living, books), before aid$16,453
Average net price after grants and scholarships$3,435

The net price is what students who got federal aid paid on average for a year after grants and scholarships were taken off (for a public college, students from inside the state). It is 83% below the median net price of colleges in Wisconsin on this site ($20,254). International students normally pay the published tuition and do not receive US federal aid.

For an estimate that fits your own family, use the college's net price calculator.

Results

MeasureThis collegeWI medianUS median
Students who come back for a second year100%76%73%
Students who finish their degree (within one and a half times the normal length)100%59%49%
Median earnings 10 years after starting$25,495$59,359$53,132

Medians are the middle value of the colleges on this site in Wisconsin and in the whole country. Completion and return rates count first-time, full-time students. Earnings and debt count students who received federal aid.

The students

44% of undergraduates receive a Pell Grant, the federal grant for students from lower-income families. 0% take a federal student loan. The undergraduate body is 77% women and 23% men. By undergraduate numbers it is number 37 of the 40 colleges in Wisconsin on this site that report a size; the middle-sized one has 1,322.

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Common questions

How much is tuition at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University?

Published tuition and fees are $6,030 a year. Most students with aid pay less: see the net price.

What is the graduation rate of Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University?

100% of first-time, full-time students finish within one and a half times the normal length of the course.

Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education, data released on 2 November 2026; checked in November 2026. Net price, debt and earnings describe students who received US federal aid. Costs change each year. This is official data for general information, not advice: confirm costs and admission rules on the college's own website and at collegescorecard.ed.gov.

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