Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL · Private nonprofit56.8%
Acceptance rate
1,309
SAT Average
$27,499
Avg net price
1,782
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 434Master’s 14 |
| Bachelor’s 104Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 64Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 62Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 48Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s 2 |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Midwest Conference
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
509 unique student-athletes · 23 varsity teams
Early Action/Early Decision I
Decision released by Dec 15 · FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action/Early Decision I
Decision released by Dec 15 · FAFSA due Nov 1
Early Action/Early Decision II
Decision released by Feb 1 · FAFSA due Jan 15
Early Action/Early Decision II
Decision released by Feb 1 · FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with the college's application or Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $55,500
- Required fees
- $902
- Food and housing
- $12,700
- Books and supplies
- $1,350
- Other expenses
- $3,048
- Total
- $73,500
- $62,8502019–2019–20
- $64,5602020–2120–21
- $66,4002021–2221–22
- $68,8002022–2322–23
- $71,3502023–2423–24
- $73,5002024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $27,499 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 83%
- Average share of need met
- 92%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,750
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Lake Forest College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Lake Forest College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Lake Forest College runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Lake Forest College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
383 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Mar 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 26% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 15%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
11% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
8% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Lake Forest College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 19.1% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.74
High-school class rank
Among the 19.1% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Lake Forest College rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- Talent / ability
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Lake Forest College leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Early Decision applicants & admits (C21) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Lake Forest College's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $27,499 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 327 of 392 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Lake Forest College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Lake Forest College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
86.3% of Lake Forest College’s first-years return for a second year and 70.4% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03