by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Lawrence University was awarded 113 badges in the 2023 rankings.
Lawrence U was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
The acceptance rate at Lawrence University is a competitive 69%, 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.
About 45% of students accepted to Lawrence U submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 700. Math scores were between 590 and 710.
Learn more about Lawrence University admissions.
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 Lawrence U it is much better at 8 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 Lawrence University is 86%. 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 Lawrence University 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 Lawrence U the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 66%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Lawrence University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,430 undergraduates at Lawrence U with 1,393 being full-time and 37 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,921 | $19,037 | $17,061 | $23,565 | $30,682 |
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 Lawrence U, 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 Lawrence U, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $6,422 a year. That adds up to $25,688 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lawrence U is 2.4%. 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.
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See which majors at Lawrence University make the most money.
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Contact details for Lawrence U are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | College Ave, Appleton, WI 54911 |
| Phone: | 920-832-7000 |
| Website: | www.lawrence.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/lawrenceuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://www.twitter.com/lawrenceuni |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Music | 50 | NA |
| General Psychology | 27 | NA |
| General English Literature | 21 | NA |
| Economics | 21 | NA |
| General Biology | 19 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 19 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 16 | NA |
| Mathematics | 15 | NA |
| History | 15 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 13 | NA |
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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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