Great LakesSuburbanPrivate4-yearBusiness & Marketing

Lake Erie College

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Painesville, OH744 students
Acceptance Rate
70%
moderate
Median SAT
1,114
Middle 50%: 945–1115
Net Price After Aid
$22.3k
Sticker $36.0k
Graduation Rate
42%
6-year, full-time

Lake Erie College is a private institution in Painesville, OH with an acceptance rate of 70% and 744 students. The middle 50% of admitted students score 945–1115 on the SAT. The average net price after financial aid is $22,322 per year.

About Lake Erie College

A private 4-year suburban university in Painesville, OH.

Lake Erie College campus
Campus · Painesville

Lake Erie College is a college in Painesville, OH. It enrolls roughly 744 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 70%. Admitted students typically score between 945 and 1115 on the SAT.

Great LakesSuburbanPrivate4-yearBusiness & Marketing
Acceptance Rate
70%
Moderate
Total Enrollment
744
Small
Retention
66%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
42%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

What admitted students look like here. Sign in to see how your own profile compares.

Acceptance Rate
70%
70 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA
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Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

What strengthens an application here

  1. SAT scores of 945 to 1115
    The middle half of admitted students scored in this range. A score in the upper part of it strengthens an application.
  2. Depth in one or two activities
    Sustained commitment, a leadership role, or a result in a few activities says more than a long list of memberships.

Your chances estimate is based on your academic profile and activities — it is a guide, not a guarantee of admission. Decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Lake Erie College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Admitted student profile

Range shown is the middle 50%.

SAT
composite, 1600 scale
9451,115
1,114
average
ACT
composite, 36 scale
1824
20
average
GPA
weighted, 4.5 max
—

This school doesn't require test scores, so these ranges reflect only students who chose to submit — applicants who submit tend to have higher scores. The real admitted range likely runs lower. Don't rule yourself out on scores alone.

Application requirements

  • Tests sometimes required
  • No application fee

Deadlines (2026-27)

Early Action
Nov 20, 2026
Regular Decision
Rolling

Source: Common App 2026-27 requirements grid (verified Aug 2026). Always confirm on the college's own site.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Lake Erie College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
—
Tuition $36,032
Average net price after aid
$22,322
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$17,958
$30,001 – $48,000
$19,969
$48,001 – $75,000
$18,863
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$24,353

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
37%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
55%
Avg loan $13,875 / year
Avg Grant Aid
—
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Lake Erie College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
12:1
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Business & Marketing
39% of degrees awarded
Retention
66%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Lake Erie College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • White25%
  • Asian4%
  • Hispanic36%
  • Black6%
  • Two or more races9%
  • International19%

Gender

  • Female52%
  • Male48%
International
41%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
—
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
744

Outcomes after graduation

What Lake Erie College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$50.4k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
—
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
—
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
42%
6-year, full-time

Is it worth it?

Earnings, debt, and price side by side — context for the cost-vs-payoff question, not a ranking.

Median earnings
$50.4k
10 yrs after entry
Typical debt
$13.9k
median, borrowers only
Avg. net price
$22.3k/yr
after aid
  • These numbers reflect who enrolls, not the value the school adds. A college's earnings can look high simply because it admits wealthier, higher-scoring students — not because of what happens there.
  • Earnings vary far more by major and career path than by school. A school-wide median blends engineers and artists into one number that may match no real student.
  • Federal earnings and debt figures cover only students who received federal aid, so they leave out full-pay students and can skew the picture.
  • Net price is an average across aided students and debt is the median for borrowers only — many students borrow nothing. Your actual cost depends on your own aid package.

What this means

$50k is near the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 42% graduation rate is below the national average.

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