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Lake Forest College
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Information Summary
Ranks 450th overall and 18th in Illinois
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
84.5 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$41,090 |
| Admission
Success rate |
61% |
| ACT / SAT
75 %ile scores |
29 / 1320 |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
16 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
78% / N/A |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
1,448 |
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near Lake Forest, IL 60045-2399
| Surrounding community | Large suburb (inside urban area but outside city, pop. over 250,000) |
|---|---|
| Total Population | 22,248 (21,329 urban / 919 rural) |
| Households | 7,398 (2.81 people per house) |
| Families | 5,964 (3.18 people per family) |
| Pop. — African American | 312 |
| Pop. — Asian | 922 |
| Pop. — Pacific Islander | 75 |
| Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native | 37 |
| Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic) | 20,949 |
| Pop. — Other | 154 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences
| Undergraduate | Arts & sciences focus, no graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Single postbaccalaureate (other field) |
| Undergraduate Population | Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in |
| Enrollment | Very high undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Small four-year, highly residential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Master's degree |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Semester |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning | |
|---|---|
| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | |
| Study Abroad | |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Lake Forest College?
Ranks 203rd for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $30,600 | $30,600 | $30,600 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $364 | $364 | $364 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $956 | $956 | $956 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $7,600 | $7,600 | $7,600 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | $15 | $15 | $15 |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $475 | $475 | $475 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $41,090 | $41,090 | $41,090 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $41,090 | $41,090 | $41,090 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $41,090 | $41,090 | $41,090 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $27,334 |
$27,334 |
$27,334 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $700 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $6,526 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $740 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | $6,666 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | $600 |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | $7,266 |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $40 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $15 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 2,203 (925 male / 1,278 female) |
| Admitted | 1,342 (488 male / 854 female) |
| Admission rate | 61% |
| First-time Enrollment | 356 (142 male / 214 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 356 (142 male / 214 female) |
| PT Enrollment | N/A (N/A male / N/A female) |
| Total Enrollment | 1,448 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does Lake Forest College use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record | |
| College Prep. Completion | |
| Recommendations | |
| Formal competency demo | N/A |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does Lake Forest College accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NCAA |
|---|---|
| NCAA Football Conference | Midwest Conference |
| NCAA Basketball Conference | Midwest Conference |
| NCAA Track & Field Conference | Midwest Conference |
ACT Test Admission
Ranks 166th for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting ACT results | 56% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 24 / 30 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 23 / 28 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 24 / 29 |
SAT Test Admission
Ranks 179th for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting SAT results | 36% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 560 / 660 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 540 / 660 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 1100 / 1320 |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 1,100 |
| Meals per Week | 20 |
| Room Fee | $3,700 |
| Board Fee | $3,626 |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
Lake Forest College Ranks 2842nd for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $4,136 | 71 | |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $4,972 | 63 | |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $15,326 | 346 | |
| Student Loan Aid | $3,856 | 242 | |
| Any financial aid type | 350 |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at Lake Forest College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 49 | 53 | 102 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 22 | 32 | 54 |
Hispanic | 38 | 54 | 92 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 32 | 36 | 68 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | N/A | 3 | 3 |
White Non-Hispanic | 467 | 662 | 1,129 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 608 | 840 | 1,448 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at Lake Forest College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 14 | 4 | 18 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Hispanic | 3 | 5 | 8 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 6 | 9 | 15 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | N/A | 1 | 1 |
White Non-Hispanic | 121 | 161 | 282 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 148 | 187 | 335 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at Lake Forest College.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| 31 | 7 | 38 | |
| 13 | 15 | 28 | |
| 10 | 15 | 25 | |
| 2 | 21 | 23 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
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| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Area Studies, Other | ||||||||
| Art/Art Studies, General | 4 | 2 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 1 | 1 | 21 | 23 | ||||
| Business/Commerce, General | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 38 | |||
| Chemistry, General | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||||
| Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 44 | ||
| Comparative Literature | ||||||||
| Computer Science | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Economics, General | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 28 | |||
| English Language and Literature, General | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 25 | |||
| Environmental Studies | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| French Language and Literature | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| German Language and Literature | ||||||||
| History, General | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| International Relations and Affairs | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |||
| Latin American Studies | ||||||||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Mathematics, General | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Music, General | ||||||||
| Philosophy | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Physics, General | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| Political Science and Government, General | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| Psychology, General | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 23 | |||
| Social Sciences, Other | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Total | 33 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 233 | 305 |
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
Lake Forest College Ranks 640th for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $67,381 ($70,179 male / $61,877 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 89 (59 male / 30 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 66 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 1 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $1,717,899 |
Lake Forest College Summary
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Lake Forest College Academics
The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. In particular, the university has a Double Major, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Urban Semester and Washington Semester. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Lake Forest College is unique in its study options.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Lake Forest College.
- History:
- History – General
- Education:
- Education – General
- English Language and Literature:
- English Language & Literature – General
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Art – General, Music – General
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry, Physics
- Popular majors:
- eighteen percent social sciences, sixteen percent communications per journalism, eleven percent business per marketing, eight percent interdisciplinary studies, seven percent english, seven percent psychology, six percent biology, six percent foreign languages and literature
- Mathematics:
- Mathematics – General
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Biology
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy
- Social Sciences:
- Anthropology, Economics, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology
- Computer Science:
- Computer Science
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Business – General
- Foreign Language and Literature:
- French, Spanish
Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of March. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $844 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. In addition, for international students, the application fee is 40.
Lake Forest College Admissions
This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, Free online application fee and point zero . Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 65%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were two hundred and sixty-six total number of transfer students who applied and one hundred and ten total number of transfer students who were admitted.
the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of June. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of December, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 20th of December. The regular application due date was not reported. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of March. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 25th of February. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of May and It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of February. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 15th of June.
Lake Forest College Financial Aid
Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Leadership and Music/Drama. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Leadership, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. Financial aid distribution is at eighty-one percent scholarships per grants and nineteen percent loans per jobs.
Lake Forest College Students
The school’s size is approximately one thousand, three hundred and eighty-three degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and fifty-eight first-time degree-seeking freshmen and seventeen graduate enrollment. Moreover, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Again, the student body consists of forty percent in-state students, sixty percent out-of-state students, fifty-six percent women, forty-four percent men, four percent asian per pacific islander, six percent black per non-hispanic, six percent hispanic, seventy-seven percent white per non-hispanic, seven percent non-resident alien, thirty-two percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-four percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-two percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twelve percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Presbyterian Church (USA), Coed, where 65 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Lake Forest College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Assuredly, the school is located 30 miles from Chicago.Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, eighty-eight percent of first-year students live in college housing, seventy-eight percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit and two hundred dollars amount of housing deposit. Again, the university has many unique facilites such as electron microscope, NMR spectrometer, neutron howitzer, multimedia language laboratory, electronic music studio.
Lake Forest College Athletics
The Foresters are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:
- Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
- Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
- Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
- Men’s Club and Women’s Club Golf
- Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Handball
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
- Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
- Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
- Men’s Club and Women’s Club Track_and_field
- Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Volleyball

















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