Private nonprofit · Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest College: cost, debt and earnings by major
15 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $24,987
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 73%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 57%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 1,813
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $26,250
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 2%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $16,922 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $17,334 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $17,492 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $21,622 |
| $110,000+ | $33,218 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (14)
- Finance and Financial Management Services$98,583
- Computer Science$77,554
- Business/Commerce, General$74,632
- Economics$66,473 (1 yr)
- Communication and Media Studies$64,580
- Political Science and Government$61,770
- English Language and Literature, General$58,901
- Psychology, General$54,270
- Social Sciences, Other$53,438
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$52,598
- Biology, General$48,287
- Research and Experimental Psychology$44,283 (1 yr)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences$38,852 (1 yr)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research$38,234 (1 yr)
Master's programs (1)
- Education, General$53,606 (1 yr)