Lafayette College Overview

Lafayette College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Easton, Pennsylvania. Easton is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Lafayette College Known For?

• Students at Lafayette may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Lafayette.
• During a recent academic cycle, 85% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Lafayette makes roughly $91,410 a year. This is 124% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Lafayette to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Lafayette College?

Contact details for Lafayette are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	High St, Easton, PA 18042-1768
Phone:	610-330-5000
Website:	www.lafayette.edu

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How Do I Get Into Lafayette?

You can apply to Lafayette online at: https://apply.commonapp.org/login?ma=138

Admission Requirements for Lafayette

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lafayette?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to Lafayette. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 34%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 31%, and the acceptance rate for women is 36%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Lafayette submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 730. Math scores were between 670 and 750.

Lafayette received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 31 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 30 and 33.

Can I Afford Lafayette College?

The overall average net price of Lafayette is $51,425. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Lafayette, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $8,349 a year. That adds up to $33,396 over four years for those students.

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Lafayette College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,514 undergraduate students at Lafayette, with 2,457 being full-time and 57 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,457 full-time undergraduates at Lafayette, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lafayette College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	107
Black or African American	123
Hispanic or Latino	187
White	1,634
International Students	224
Other Races/Ethnicities	182

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Lafayette College. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 60 countries are represented at Lafayette. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and India.

Lafayette College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	100	100
Political Science & Government	71	71
Mechanical Engineering	54	54
General Biology	50	50
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	48	48
Child Development & Psychology	48	48
Computer Information Systems	33	33
General English Literature	32	32
Mathematical Economics	29	29
International Relations & National Security	25	25
Civil Engineering	24	24
Chemical Engineering	22	22
Mathematics	22	22
Sociology & Anthropology	20	20
History	18	18
Natural Resources Conservation	14	14
General Engineering	13	13
Electrical Engineering	12	12
Fine & Studio Arts	12	12
Ethnic Studies	11	11
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	11	11
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	10	10
Other Engineering	9	9
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	8	8
Philosophy	8	8
Romance Languages	7	7
Chemistry	6	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	6
Geological & Earth Sciences	5	5
Physics	5	5
Music	5	5
Area Studies	3	3
Religious Studies	3	3
Germanic Languages	2	2
TOTAL	746	746

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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