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.
Lake Forest College was awarded 108 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is communication & media studies.
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Lake Forest is ranked #289 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lake Forest held the #306 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lake Forest also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
If you're applying to Lake Forest College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 64%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 26% of students accepted to Lake Forest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 665. Math scores were between 560 and 680.
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 Lake Forest it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Forest College is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 87% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Lake Forest College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Lake Forest the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 71%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lake Forest College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,558 undergraduates at Lake Forest with 1,526 being full-time and 32 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,933 | $16,238 | $19,318 | $28,675 | $30,907 |
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 Lake Forest, 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 Lake Forest, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $7,391 a year. That adds up to $29,564 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lake Forest is 1.3%. 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.
See which majors at Lake Forest College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Lake Forest College.
Contact details for Lake Forest are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 555 N Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045-2338 |
| Phone: | 847-234-3100 |
| Website: | www.lakeforest.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/lakeforestcollege |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/LFCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 64 | $39,515 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 46 | NA |
| Economics | 32 | $58,782 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 28 | $51,498 |
| Political Science & Government | 23 | $44,630 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 22 | $35,544 |
| Romance Languages | 21 | $39,945 |
| General English Literature | 20 | $33,373 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 17 | $45,662 |
| General Biology | 16 | NA |
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, 62 students took at least one online class at Lake Forest College. This is a decrease from the 1,583 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 62 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,583 | 1,583 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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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