by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Lake Land College was awarded 165 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is medical/clinical assistant.
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College Factual ranked Lake Land College as #1,723 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Lake Land College held the #1,775 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lake Land College also holds the #75 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
If you are worried about getting into Lake Land College, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio at Lake Land College is about average at 18 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lake Land College is 43%. This is lower than 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 Land College is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,862 undergraduates at Lake Land College with 1,928 being full-time and 1,934 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $3,136 | $4,287 | $6,266 | $7,898 | $9,041 |
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 Lake Land College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Lake Land College, approximately 10% of students took out student loans averaging $3,872 a year. That adds up to $15,488 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lake Land College is 13.1%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Lake Land College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5001 Lake Land Blvd, Mattoon, IL 61938 |
| Phone: | 217-234-5253 |
| Website: | www.lakelandcollege.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,708 students took at least one online class at Lake Land College. This is a decrease from the 2,665 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,708 | 513 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,665 | 1,408 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,760 | 504 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,827 | 544 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,740 | 517 |
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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