Lakeland University Business Programs

Lakeland University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Plymouth, Wisconsin. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Lakeland.

Lakeland University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#17	Most Popular Online Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#118	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Lakeland University?

Contact details for Lakeland are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	W3718 South Drive, Plymouth, WI 53073
Phone:	920-565-1000
Website:	www.lakeland.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LakelandCollegeWI
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/lakelandwi

How Do I Get Into Lakeland?

You can apply to Lakeland online at: https://lakeland.edu/aboutus/apply

Admission Requirements for Lakeland

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Lakeland?

With an acceptance rate of 92%, Lakeland is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 54% of accepted students are men and 46% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Can I Afford Lakeland University?

The overall average net price of Lakeland is $37,564. 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 Lakeland, approximately 99% of students took out student loans averaging $6,100 a year. That adds up to $24,400 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Lakeland is 5.6%. 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.

Lakeland University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,112 undergraduate students at Lakeland, with 804 being full-time and 1,308 being part-time.

There are also 641 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 804 full-time undergraduates at Lakeland, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Lakeland University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	32
Black or African American	73
Hispanic or Latino	69
White	466
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	135

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Lakeland University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 27 countries are represented at Lakeland. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and Kenya.

Online Learning at Lakeland University

In 2019-2020, 1,864 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Lakeland

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Lakeland University was $30,777 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Lakeland is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#39	#39
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#42	#39
International Business	#55	#55
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#55	#55
Interior Design Management	#67	#67
Hospitality Management	#73	#64

Online Growth Rankings of Lakeland

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Lakeland University was 22.1%. This is the #896 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Lakeland regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Lakeland ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Lakeland.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#30
General Management Information Systems	#30
International Business	#31
International Business/Trade/Commerce	#31
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#33
Management Information Systems	#42
Hospitality Management	#64
Interior Design Management	#88
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#105
Marketing	#131
Accounting	#187
Accounting	#319

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Lakeland University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Interior Design Management	162	141	303
Accounting	107	0	107
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	31	0	31
General Management Information Systems	7	0	7
General Hospitality Administration/Management	3	0	3
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	0	0
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	0
TOTAL	310	141	451

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 self under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.