by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Lake Region State College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is agriculture & agriculture operations.
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Lake Region State College is ranked #1,435 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lake Region State College held the #1,798 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lake Region State College also holds the #11 spot on the Best Colleges in North Dakota ranking.
Lake Region State College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Lake Region State College, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Region State College is 84%. 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 Region State College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,771 undergraduates at Lake Region State College with 468 being full-time and 1,303 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,502 | $8,234 | $8,927 | $12,730 | $14,803 |
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 Region State College, 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 Lake Region State College, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,426 a year. That adds up to $21,704 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Lake Region State College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1801 College Dr N, Devils Lake, ND 58301-1598 |
| Phone: | 701-662-1600 |
| Website: | www.lrsc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 86 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 37 | NA |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 30 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 25 | NA |
| Nursing | 25 | NA |
| Management Information Systems | 14 | NA |
| Agricultural Economics & Business | 12 | NA |
| Electronics Engineering Technology | 10 | NA |
| Vehicle Maintenance & Repair | 10 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 6 | 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.
In 2022-2023, 964 students took at least one online class at Lake Region State College. This is an increase from the 884 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 964 | 716 |
| 2021-2022 | 884 | 650 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,156 | 853 |
| 2018-2019 | 922 | 603 |
Learn more about online learning at Lake Region State 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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