College · Private nonprofit · Painesville, OH · Suburb
Lake Erie College
Painesville, OH
Admit rate70%
6-yr median pay$44k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size852
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $44k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 70% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 20.
If you get in
852 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $51k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$203k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$119k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.6k
- Room & board
- $13.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,220
How students pay for it.
Pell grants37%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans55%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr38%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$44k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 852
- Location
- Painesville, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- LEC
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White59%
- Black21%
- Unknown9%
- Hispanic4%
- International3%
- Two or more races2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
- Asian1%
First-gen students33%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$54k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 30
What you can study.