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Located in Easton, Pennsylvania, Lafayette College is a private not-for-profit institution. Lafayette is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

110 Undergraduate Degrees
$51,425 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
36% Acceptance Rate

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Lafayette College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Lafayette has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#23 Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Lafayette.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#27 Best Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#99 Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Lafayette has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#20 Best Schools Course Advisor
#22 Best General Economics Schools College Factual
#24 Highest Paid General Economics Graduates College Factual
#45 Best Economics Schools College Factual
#45 Highest Paid Economics Graduates College Factual

Where Is Lafayette College?

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Contact details for Lafayette are given below.

Contact Details
Address: High St, Easton, PA 18042-1768
Phone: 610-330-5000
Website: https://www.lafayette.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteCollege.edu?ref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LafCol

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 required
High School Rank considered but not required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lafayette?

36% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
75% Submit SAT Scores
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 36%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 34%, and the acceptance rate for women is 38%.

Average Test Scores

About 75% 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 620 and 710. Math scores were between 630 and 730.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Lafayette College  ( 620 to 710 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Lafayette College  ( 630 to 730 )
200
800
Lafayette received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 26 and 31. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

ACT English Scores for Lafayette College  ( 30 to 35 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Lafayette College  ( 26 to 31 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Lafayette College  ( 28 to 33 )
1
36

Can I Afford Lafayette College?

$51,425 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
0.3% Loan Default Rate
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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lafayette, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $8,941 a year. That adds up to $35,764 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lafayette is 0.3%. 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.

Lafayette College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,457 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,514 undergraduate students at Lafayette, with 2,457 being full-time and 57 being part-time.

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Gender Diversity

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

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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.

Online Learning at Lafayette College

2,514 Took All Classes Online
2,514 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2019-2020, 2,514 students took at least one online class at the school.

Lafayette College Business Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
General Economics 93 93
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics 17 17
TOTAL 110 110

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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