by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Lafayette College was awarded 18 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is sociology & anthropology.
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College Factual ranked Lafayette as #204 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Lafayette also holds the #14 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
If you're applying to Lafayette College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 34%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 39% of students accepted to Lafayette submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 730. Math scores were between 670 and 750.
At Lafayette, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lafayette College is 85%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Lafayette College has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Lafayette for first-time, full-time students is 86%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,514 undergraduates at Lafayette with 2,457 being full-time and 57 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,641 | $9,286 | $22,348 | $29,464 | $48,409 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Lafayette, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lafayette, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $8,349 a year. That adds up to $33,396 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lafayette are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | High St, Easton, PA 18042-1768 |
| Phone: | 610-330-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.lafayette.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 140 | $68,164 |
| Political Science & Government | 84 | $48,112 |
| General Psychology | 66 | $36,235 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 63 | $72,481 |
| General Biology | 48 | $41,885 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 46 | NA |
| International Relations & National Security | 37 | $58,433 |
| Civil Engineering | 33 | $70,391 |
| General English Literature | 32 | NA |
| Chemical Engineering | 31 | $79,602 |
This is a decrease from the 31 students who took online classes the previous year.
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Footnotes
*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.
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