Easton, PA · Private · 2,757 undergraduates · suburban
Lafayette College
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A small liberal-arts college keeps engineering fully inside the undergraduate experience rather than separating it into a distant professional school.
Institutional profile
Top tier Exceptional in career outcomes, and strong in academic standing.- Admission
- 31.5% admitted
- Price by income
- Varies across five income ranges
- Completion
- 89.1%
9,874 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$91,410 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets Lafayette College apart
Academic design
Engineering-inclined first-years share design, calculus, chemistry, and seminar coursework before choosing among engineering fields.
Campus pattern
College Hill concentrates academic and residential life above downtown Easton, giving students a traditional campus with a small city immediately below.
A signature opportunity
A common first-year engineering launch lets students explore engineering disciplines before committing to a specific field.
Can I get in?
31.5% admitted
Applicants do not apply to an engineering major, but students considering engineering should follow the first-semester engineering sequence because switching in later is harder.
Recent applicant pool
9,874About 31 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
Of admitted students, 31% submitted an SAT, and 14% submitted an ACT. The ACT range comes from a small share of admitted students and does not describe the full class.
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Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for Lafayette College, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What Lafayette College weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
Engineering-inclined first-years share design, calculus, chemistry, and seminar coursework before choosing among engineering fields.
Make institutional fit specific
A small liberal-arts college keeps engineering fully inside the undergraduate experience rather than separating it into a distant professional school.
Use the application route carefully
Applicants do not apply to an engineering major, but students considering engineering should follow the first-semester engineering sequence because switching in later is harder.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Applicants do not apply to an engineering major, but students considering engineering should follow the first-semester engineering sequence because switching in later is harder.
Fee waiver: accepted
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
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Average annual cost by household income at Lafayette College
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Economics
Political Science and Government
Mechanical Engineering
Biology, General
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
What is campus life like?
Lafayette College beyond the classroom
College Hill concentrates academic and residential life above downtown Easton, giving students a traditional campus with a small city immediately below.
A defining academic feature
Engineering-inclined first-years share design, calculus, chemistry, and seminar coursework before choosing among engineering fields.
What shapes an ordinary week
College Hill concentrates academic and residential life above downtown Easton, giving students a traditional campus with a small city immediately below.
A reason to look closer
A common first-year engineering launch lets students explore engineering disciplines before committing to a specific field.