by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Lake Erie College was awarded 33 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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LEC landed the #1,722 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
LEC also holds the #65 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.
The acceptance rate at Lake Erie College is a competitive 55%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 27% of students accepted to LEC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 450 and 570. Math scores were between 455 and 560.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Lake Erie College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Erie College is 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Lake Erie College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At LEC this rate is 37%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 759 undergraduates at LEC with 660 being full-time and 99 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,708 | $17,476 | $19,481 | $22,956 | $25,734 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of LEC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At LEC, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,196 a year. That adds up to $28,784 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at LEC is 10.1%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
Get more details about the location of Lake Erie College.
Contact details for LEC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 391 W Washington St, Painesville, OH 44077-3389 |
| Phone: | 440-375-7000 |
| Website: | www.lec.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/lakeeriecollege?fref=ts |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/lakeeriecollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 19 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 17 | $45,113 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 15 | NA |
| General Biology | 12 | $24,593 |
| General Psychology | 11 | $35,106 |
| Marketing | 9 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 8 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 8 | $32,725 |
| Communication & Journalism (Other) | 8 | NA |
| Special Education | 6 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 641 students took at least one online class at Lake Erie College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 641 | 130 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 307 | 111 |
| 2017-2018 | 344 | 92 |
| 2016-2017 | 234 | 59 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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