Lake Forest College's admit rate has held within a 10.8-point band over 6 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 | 53.6% | 383 | 66.3% | 89.4% | 1,310 |
| 2024-2025 | 56.8% | 415 | 79.1% | 89.9% | 1,300 |
| 2021-2022 | 64.4% | 417 | 73.0% | 87.3% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 57.6% | 388 | 75.2% | 84.1% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 55.2% | 379 | 76.9% | 88.3% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools Lake Forest College applicants most commonly also apply to range from 48.5% admit to 77.2% admit — a 28.7 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Cross-admits concentrated in the home region.
2 of 4 cross-admit schools are in IL — Lake Forest College draws applicants weighing it against in-state and adjacent-state alternatives, not coastal or selective national peers.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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