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Lake Erie College Data & Information Overview

33 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
55% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Lake Erie College Ranked?

#1,722 Best Colleges in Nation
#65 Best Colleges in OH
Health Professions Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Lake Erie College was awarded 33 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

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Overall Quality

LEC landed the #1,722 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

LEC also holds the #65 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into LEC?

55% Acceptance Rate
43% Of Accepted Are Women
27% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Lake Erie College is a competitive 55%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Average Test Scores

About 27% 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 450 and 570. Math scores were between 455 and 560.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 450 to 570 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 455 to 560 )
200
800
LEC received ACT scores from 61% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 23.

ACT Composite Scores for Lake Erie College  ( 17 to 23 )
1
36

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Lake Erie College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
48% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Lake Erie College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

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 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  48 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Lake Erie College

63% Freshmen Retention
37% 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 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  63 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At LEC this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  37 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?

$21,000 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
$28,784 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of LEC is $21,000. 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 +
$18,708 $17,476 $19,481 $22,956 $25,734

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 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,196 a year. That adds up to $28,784 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at LEC is 10.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do LEC Graduates Make?

$44,237 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from LEC make about $44,237 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for LEC students since it is 4% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Lake Erie College make the most money.

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/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lakeeriecollege?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lakeeriecollege

Lake Erie College Majors

31 Majors With Completions
155 Undergraduate Degrees
110 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 31 majors graduated from Lake Erie College. Of these students, 155 received undergraduate degrees and 110 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
Accounting 19 NA
Business Administration & Management 17 $45,113
Teacher Education Grade Specific 15 NA
General Biology 12 $24,593
General Psychology 11 $35,106
Marketing 9 NA
Health & Physical Education 8 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 8 $32,725
Communication & Journalism (Other) 8 NA
Special Education 6 NA

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

Online Learning at LEC

70% 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 2020-2021, 641 students took at least one online class at Lake Erie College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 641 130
2019-2020 0 0
2018-2019 307 111
2017-2018 344 92
2016-2017 234 59

Learn more about online learning at Lake Erie 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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