Lake Forest College Overview

Lake Forest College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Lake Forest, Illinois. Lake Forest is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Lake Forest College Known For?

• Students at Lake Forest have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Lake Forest.
• In <nil>, 58% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Lake Forest makes roughly $66,559 a year. This is 63% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Lake Forest student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Lake Forest College?

Contact details for Lake Forest are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	555 N Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045-2338
Phone:	847-234-3100
Website:	www.lakeforest.edu

How Do I Get Into Lake Forest?

You can apply to Lake Forest online at: www.lakeforest.edu/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Lake Forest

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lake Forest?

With an acceptance rate of 64%, Lake Forest does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to Lake Forest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 665. Math scores were between 560 and 680.

Lake Forest received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 26 and 31.

Can I Afford Lake Forest College?

The overall average net price of Lake Forest is $32,801. 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 Lake Forest, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $7,391 a year. That adds up to $29,564 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lake Forest is 1.0%. 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.

Lake Forest College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,661 undergraduate students at Lake Forest, with 1,641 being full-time and 20 being part-time.

There are also 29 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,641 full-time undergraduates at Lake Forest, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	91
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	293
White	792
International Students	263
Other Races/Ethnicities	135

Geographic Diversity

Illinois students aren't the only ones who study at Lake Forest College. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at Lake Forest. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Canada, and Swaziland.

Online Learning at Lake Forest College

In 2020-2021, 62 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Lake Forest has changed over the last few years.

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
• Image Credit: By Eudaimonia86 under License

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