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Lasell University was awarded 85 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminology.
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College Factual ranked Lasell as #624 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 Lasell held the #911 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Lasell also holds the #31 spot on the Best Colleges in Massachusetts ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 85%, Lasell University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 4% of students accepted to Lasell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 705. Math scores were between 510 and 620.
At Lasell, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 12 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Lasell University is 37%. 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 Lasell University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Lasell the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 55%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,492 undergraduates at Lasell with 1,450 being full-time and 42 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,065 | $22,815 | $25,689 | $27,146 | $30,082 |
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 Lasell, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Lasell, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $7,651 a year. That adds up to $30,604 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Lasell is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Lasell are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1844 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, MA 02466 |
| Phone: | 617-243-2000 |
| Website: | www.lasell.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/LasellCollege |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/LasellCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Communication & Media Studies | 61 | $35,081 |
| Sociology | 47 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 47 | $25,736 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 32 | $38,120 |
| Criminology | 32 | $41,517 |
| General Psychology | 27 | $27,266 |
| Hospitality Management | 23 | $39,249 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 17 | $27,782 |
| Business Administration & Management | 16 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 14 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,183 students took at least one online class at Lasell University. This is a decrease from the 1,950 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,183 | 343 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,950 | 957 |
| 2018-2019 | 640 | 308 |
| 2017-2018 | 474 | 224 |
| 2016-2017 | 327 | 164 |
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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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