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#65 Best Value Schools
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#13 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#11 Civil
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#13 Mechanical
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#194 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Lafayette College is ranked #39 in National Liberal Arts Colleges. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
75
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
47
Graduation and retention rank
24
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
89%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
194
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
88%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
87%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
89%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
66
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
23
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
92.5%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
98%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
62.2%
Classes with 50 or more students
1%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
10:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
41
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1250-1435
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
52%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
38
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
38
Average alumni giving rate
29.4%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
