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Lake Erie College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
54% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Lake Erie College Ranked?

#1,738 Best Colleges in Nation
#71 Best Colleges in OH
General Psychology Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked LEC as #1,738 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.

LEC is also ranked #71 out of 91 schools in Ohio.

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Is It Hard to Get Into LEC?

54% Acceptance Rate
47% Of Accepted Are Women
12% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Lake Erie College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 54%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to LEC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 510 and 580.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 490 to 590 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 510 to 580 )
200
800
LEC received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

ACT Composite Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

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Lake Erie College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
54% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at LEC it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

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 Lake Erie College is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  54 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Lake Erie College

66% Freshmen Retention
42% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Lake Erie College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 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 LEC for first-time, full-time students is 42%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  42 out of 100
0
100

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

Lake Erie College Undergraduate Student Diversity

660 Full-Time Undergraduates
26.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 759 undergraduates at LEC with 660 being full-time and 99 being part-time.

How Much Does Lake Erie College Cost?

$21,592 Net Price
74% Take Out Loans
$28,760 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of LEC is $21,592. 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 LEC

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$18,006$17,510$21,597$23,207$24,339

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 LEC, 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 LEC, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,190 a year. That adds up to $28,760 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do LEC Graduates Make?

$50,417 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from LEC make around $50,417 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future LEC graduates since it is 2% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Lake Erie College

Ohio State
660 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Located in Painesville, Ohio, Lake Erie College is a private not-for-profit institution. LEC is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for LEC are given below.

Contact Details
Address:391 W Washington St, Painesville, OH 44077-3389
Phone:440-375-7000
Website:www.lec.edu/

Lake Erie College Majors

32 Majors With Completions
537 Undergraduate Degrees
562 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 32 majors graduated from Lake Erie College. Of these students, 537 received undergraduate degrees and 562 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 MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management77$44,440
Allied Health Professions26NA
Special Education22NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific18NA
General Psychology15$35,067
Health & Physical Education12NA
General Education11NA
Marketing9NA
Agricultural Economics & Business8NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections8NA

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

Online Learning at LEC

72% Take At Least One Class Online
14% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2022-2023, 649 students took at least one online class at Lake Erie College. This is an increase from the 641 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-2023649123
2021-2022641130
2020-202100
2018-201934492

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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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