by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Lake Erie College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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.
College Factual ranked LEC as #2,254 out of 3,449 colleges and universities in the country on its 2026 Best Colleges list.
LEC is also ranked #94 on the Best Colleges in Ohio list.
The acceptance rate at Lake Erie College is 70%. That’s higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you’ll need good grades and to be able to show that LEC is a good fit for you.
At LEC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 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 opportunities 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 on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Erie College is 53%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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%.
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%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lake Erie College.
The current enrollment includes 678 undergraduates at LEC.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Lake Erie College.
The average net price of LEC is $16,772. 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,958 | $19,969 | $18,863 | $24,170 | $24,353 |
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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of LEC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It’s not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At LEC, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $5,976 a year. That adds up to $23,904 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you’ll be able to pay back your student loans. Get more details about paying for Lake Erie College.
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Lake Erie College with a bachelor’s degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $50,417 in their early years. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate’s salary of $49,219 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.
Lake Erie College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Painesville, Ohio. LEC is located in a safe and convenient suburb. Get more details about the location of Lake Erie College.
Contact details for Lake Erie College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 391 W Washington St, Painesville, OH 44077-3389 |
| Phone: | 4403757000 |
| Website: | www.lec.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/lakeeriecollege?fref=ts |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/lakeeriecollege |
In the latest year of available data, students from 19 majors graduated from Lake Erie College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 251 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 76 | $51,203 |
| Allied Health Professions | 25 | $108,597 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 20 | NA |
| Accounting | 13 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 12 | NA |
| General Biology | 11 | $24,593 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 11 | $32,725 |
| Marketing | 9 | NA |
| Agricultural Economics | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
725 students took at least one online class at Lake Erie College.
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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