Lake Erie College
Painesville, Ohio
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 852 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 70%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $13,324per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 41%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $54,57810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Under the Cuyahoga Connect Scholarship, qualifying commuter students from Cuyahoga County pay $15,000 per year, locked for all four years.
Lake Erie College offers a specialty Twin Scholarship that provides half tuition for each twin enrolled.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 70%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-blindScores are not considered, even if you send them.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
We don't have test score or GPA figures for Lake Erie College's first-year students yet, so there's nothing to compare your numbers with. The admit rate above is the best guide we have.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $13,324full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $52,847sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $38,700Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 41%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 59%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $54,57810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 852Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 44%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 33%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Ohio Dominican University Columbus, OH — admits 94%
- Wilmington College Wilmington, OH — admits 92%
- Mercy College of Ohio Toledo, OH — admits 93%
- Hiram College Hiram, OH — admits 94%
Also worth a look
- Malone University Canton, OH — admits 76%
- Ursuline College Pepper Pike, OH — admits 75%
- Tennessee Wesleyan University Athens, TN — admits 69%
- Emmanuel University Franklin Springs, GA — admits 74%
- The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cincinnati, OH — admits 59%
- Allen University Columbia, SC — admits 73%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Lake Erie College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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