Lake Forest College Business Programs

Lake Forest College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lake Forest, Illinois. Lake Forest is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/lakeforestcollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/LFCollege

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	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lake Forest?

Lake Forest has an acceptance rate of 58%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 62%.

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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Lake Forest, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $7,141 a year. That adds up to $28,564 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lake Forest is 1.3%. 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.

Lake Forest College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,558 undergraduate students at Lake Forest, with 1,526 being full-time and 32 being part-time.

There are also 25 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,526 full-time undergraduates at Lake Forest, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	76
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	270
White	752
International Students	207
Other Races/Ethnicities	158

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 2019-2020, 1,583 students took at least one online class at the school.

Lake Forest College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	64	64
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	32	32
Finance	28	28
TOTAL	124	124

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.