Lake Forest College
Lake Forest College admitted 57% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1190–1393 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $24,987 a year. Within six years, 73% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 57%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1190–1393
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $70,968 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $24,987 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $16,922 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $58,902 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 73%
- Students who return for a second year
- 90%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $70,470 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,250
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,813
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 34%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 24%
- Social sciences
- 15%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 14%
- Psychology
- 11%
- Computer and information sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Moore College of Art and Design PA · 56% admitted
- DePauw University IN · 57% admitted
- Texas A&M University-College Station TX · 57% admitted
- Washington College MD · 57% admitted
- Marist University NY · 56% admitted
- The University of the South TN · 57% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.