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Lafayette College Data & Information Overview

18 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
34% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Lafayette College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Lafayette College Ranked?

#204 Best Colleges in Nation
#14 Best Colleges in PA
Sociology & Anthropology Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2025 Rankings

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Lafayette College was awarded 18 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is sociology & anthropology.

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Overall Quality

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.

See all of the rankings for Lafayette College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Lafayette?

34% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women
39% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

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.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lafayette College  ( 660 to 730 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Lafayette College  ( 670 to 750 )
200
800
Lafayette received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 30 and 33.

ACT Composite Scores for Lafayette College  ( 30 to 33 )
1
36

Learn more about Lafayette College admissions.

Lafayette College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
85% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  85 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Lafayette College

90% Freshmen Retention
86% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  90 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

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%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  86 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lafayette College.

Lafayette College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,457 Full-Time Undergraduates
20.7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,514 undergraduates at Lafayette with 2,457 being full-time and 57 being part-time.

How Much Does Lafayette College Cost?

$36,995 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
$33,396 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Lafayette is $36,995. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Lafayette

$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.

Student Loan Debt

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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How Much Money Do Lafayette Graduates Make?

$91,410 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Lafayette with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $91,410 in their early years. That's great news for Lafayette students since it is 86% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Lafayette College make the most money.

Location of Lafayette College

Pennsylvania State
2,457 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Lafayette College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Easton, Pennsylvania. Lafayette is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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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/

Lafayette College Majors

32 Majors With Completions
1,702 Undergraduate Degrees
1,702 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 32 majors graduated from Lafayette College. Of these students, 1,702 received undergraduate degrees and 1,702 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

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

Learn more about the majors offered at Lafayette College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 31 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Lafayette College.

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Notes and References

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.

References

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