- The Inkwell
- Pennsylvania
- Lafayette College
Easton, PASuburb: largeZIP 18042Founded 1826
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1826
- Motto
- cur non?
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.lafayette.edu
PennsylvaniaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Lafayette College
Lafayette College is a private nonprofit college in Easton, Pennsylvania, with 2,757 undergraduates. It admits 31% of applicants, graduates 85% within six years and costs $35,879 a year after aid.
85%graduate
Admission rate31%
Retention90%
4-year graduation76%
Pell Grant share14%
Federal loans23%
$35,879net price / year
31%admission rate
1424average SAT
85%graduate in 6 years
$102,336median earnings, 10 yrs
$14,000median debt
#50 of 1,704 for earnings#1,597 of 1,739 for lowest net price#117 of 1,738 for graduation rate#114 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $87,092tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $67,606
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $67,606
- Average net price
- $35,879national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,822
$30,001–48,000$9,292
$48,001–75,000$16,456
$75,001–110,000$30,704
$110,001+$52,178
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 31%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1424
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 670–740
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 680–760
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 31–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college31%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college85%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college14%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 85%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 76%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 89%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $82,740
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $102,336middle 50%: $71,943–$142,782
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$142,782
Median, Lafayette College$102,336
Lower quarter$71,943
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,757
- Part-time
- 0.5%
- Women / men
- 50% / 50%
- Average age at entry
- 19.3
- First-generation students
- 15%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 14%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 87%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,663 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $25,883
- Endowment, end of year
- $1,140,250,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White67%
Hispanic9.9%
Black5.9%
Asian3.5%
Two or more races4.9%
U.S. nonresident6.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Unknown2.2%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences30%
Engineering22%
Biological & biomedical sciences14%
Psychology8.6%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies4.2%
Physical sciences4.0%
English language & literature3.6%
Computer & information sciences3.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 213385. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1592074.