	Lafayette College 2016 University Academic Rankings
Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college located in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who famously toured the country in 1824-25, as "a testimony of respect for talents, virtues, and signal services... in the great cause of freedom". Located on College Hill in Easton, the campus is situated in the Lehigh Valley, about 70 mi (110 km) west of New York City and 60 mi (97 km) north of Philadelphia. Lafayette College guarantees campus housing to all enrolled students. The school requires students to live in campus housing unless approved for residing in private off-campus housing or home as a commuter. The student body, consisting entirely of undergraduates, comes from 46 U.S. states and Territories and 48 countries. Students at Lafayette are involved in over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs and honor societies. Lafayette College's athletic program is notable for The Rivalry with nearby Lehigh University. Since 1884, the two football teams have met 151 times, making it the most played rivalry in the history of college football. Notable people of Lafayette College include CEOs Ian Murray (Vineyard Vines) and Chip Bergh (Levi Strauss & Co.), poet Stephen Crane, coach Pete Carril, and politicians William E. Simon (Secretary of the Treasury), John W. Griggs (Attorney General), and Marcia Bernicat (U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh). Additionally, Lafayette counts three Nobel Laureates as alumni, along with dozens of bankers, attorneys, and scientists. History \| Founding A group of Easton citizens led by James Madison Porter met on December 27, 1824 at White's Tavern to explore the possibility of opening a college. The recent visit of General Lafayette to New York during his grand tour of the US in 1824 and 1825 prompted the founders to name the school after the French military officer. The group also established the 35-member Board of Trustees, a system of governance that has remained at the college to this day. In need of an education plan, the meeting gave the responsibility to Porter, lawyer Jacob Wagener, and Yale-educated lawyer Joel Jones. The charter gained approval and on March 9, 1826, Pennsylvania Governor John Andrew Shulze's signature made the college official. Along with establishing Lafayette as a Liberal Arts College, the charter called for religious equality amongst professors, students, and staff. The Board of Trustees met on May 15, 1826 for the election of officers, resulting with Thomas McKeen as Treasurer, Joel Jones as Secretary, and James Madison Porter as the first President of the College. Over the next few years, the Board met several times to discuss property and funding for the college's start-up. Six years after the first meeting, Lafayette began to enroll students. The College opened on May 1, 1829, with four students under the guidance of Rev. John Monteith. At the start of the next year, the Rev. George Junkin, a Presbyterian minister, was elected President of the college and moved the all-male Manual Labor Academy of Pennsylvania from Germantown to Easton. Classes began on May 9, 1832, with the instruction of 43 students on the south bank of the Lehigh River in a rented farmhouse. In order to earn money to support the program students had to labor in the fields and workshops. This manual labor infused College took the place of the original Military/Civil Engineering focus on which the school was founded, and would remain part of the curriculum until ... [more on wikipedia]

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Lafayette College Details

Lafayette College Details
detail	value
state	Pennsylvania
conference	Patriot League
public	Private
scores	1910/1273/29
level	Excellent
rank	[165
overall ROI rank	[106
size	small
undergrads	2503
grads	0
price	61905
drop	12
stem	34
research	0
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Lafayette College?

1. number 165 for Academics.

2. number 106 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Lafayette College?

1. Union College

2. St Olaf College

3. Colby College

4. Bucknell University

5. Grinnell College

6. Carleton College

7. University of Tulsa

National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Lafayette College National Academic Rankings

Lafayette College National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	165	100	92	208	205	153	159	52	106
Div1	81	37	34	98	99	95	95	26	52
Div1 Nonivy	73	29	27	96	95	90	90	25	46
Div1 Private	29	26	21	34	33	31	31	14	18
Private	95	80	71	86	96	53	53	29	64
Stem Low	97	51	60	93	95	80	80	41	80
Patriot League	10	6	6	10	10	8	8	4	8
New England Region	75	54	48	85	83	60	60	14	43
State of Pennsylvania	13	11	9	14	16	12	10	4	7
Top Ten Top250	165	100	92	208	205	153	159	52	106
Top Ten Patriot League	10	6	6	10	10	8	8	4	8

Peer Universities / Similar Universities

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Lafayette College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Lafayette College

Lafayette College Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Lafayette College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
85.97	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
85.50	St Olaf College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	144	127
84.92	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
84.68	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
84.62	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
78.81	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
78.14	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
77.32	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
76.99	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
76.73	Case Western Reserve University	Ohio	Presidents' Athletic Conferenc...	Private	Excellent	28	14
76.63	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
76.34	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
76.00	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
75.68	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
74.83	University of Miami	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	44	93
74.58	SUNY at Binghamton	New York	America East	Public	Excellent	65	125
74.35	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
74.01	University of California-San Diego	California	Division II Independents	Public	Excellent	26	70
73.95	University of Maryland-College Park	Maryland	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	34	60
73.92	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	17	16
73.90	University of California-Los Angeles	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Excellent	29	84
73.88	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	33	25
73.84	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	24	17
73.82	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	Minnesota	Big Ten Conference	Public	Excellent	30	22
72.19	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
71.16	St Mary's College of Maryland	Maryland	Capital Athletic Conference	Public	Good	275	409
70.92	Rice University	Texas	Conference USA	Private	Elite	20	4
70.77	Swarthmore College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	67	48
70.45	United States Military Academy	New York	Division I-A Independents / Pa...	Public	Good	145	78
69.89	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
69.76	Princeton University	New Jersey	Ivy League	Private	Elite	4	11
69.29	Johns Hopkins University	Maryland	Centennial Conference	Private	Elite	16	47
69.19	Duke University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	13	3
69.10	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
69.04	Stanford University	California	Pacific 12 Conference	Private	Elite	9	17
68.92	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
68.73	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	7	42
68.64	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
68.51	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
68.28	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Ivy League	Private	Elite	2	10
68.11	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
67.90	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Elite	40	109
67.84	Cornell University	New York	Ivy League	Private	Elite	15	39
67.83	The University of Texas at Dallas	Texas	American Southwest Conference	Public	Good	70	55
67.68	Stony Brook University	New York	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Public	Good	62	109
67.57	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	Big East Conference	Public	Good	87	139
67.56	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	Pennsylvania	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	50	75
67.53	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	California	Big Sky Conference / Big West ...	Public	Good	96	88
67.35	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	75	40
67.28	Brigham Young University-Provo	Utah	Other / West Coast Conference	Private	Good	72	27

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Lafayette College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Lafayette College

Lafayette College Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Lafayette College
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
97.87	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	New Mexico	No Conference Affiliation	Public	Good	180	93
95.99	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
95.10	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
95.09	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Good	164	193
94.99	Milwaukee School of Engineering	Wisconsin	Northern Athletics Collegiate ...	Private	Good	184	102
94.96	United States Coast Guard Academy	Connecticut	New England Football Conferenc...	Public	Good	185	97
94.62	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
94.47	United States Military Academy	New York	Division I-A Independents / Pa...	Public	Good	145	78
94.29	Occidental College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Excellent	158	162
94.01	Union College	Kentucky	Mid - South Conference / Appal...	Private	BelowAverage	162	178
93.38	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
91.83	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
91.61	Furman University	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	Good	232	192
91.04	Chapman University	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Good	208	242
90.71	University of San Diego	California	Pioneer Football League / West...	Private	Good	203	195
89.64	Rochester Institute of Technology	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	AboveAverage	151	195
88.34	University of Denver	Colorado	The Summit League	Private	AboveAverage	204	186
87.88	Syracuse University	New York	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	172	216
87.41	Texas Christian University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	AboveAverage	214	181
87.34	Saint Louis University	Missouri	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	169	165
86.88	University of Alabama in Huntsville	Alabama	Gulf South Conference	Public	AboveAverage	181	103
86.16	Marquette University	Wisconsin	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	197	121
84.84	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama	Conference USA	Public	AboveAverage	153	148
82.57	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Louisiana	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	148	88
82.50	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois	Horizon League	Public	AboveAverage	159	111
81.76	Conference USA (Average)	-	Conference USA	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	148
81.50	University of Kentucky	Kentucky	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	159	130
80.20	Temple University	Pennsylvania	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	168	199
79.73	Oregon State University	Oregon	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	152	202
79.44	Utah State University	Utah	Mountain West Conference	Public	AboveAverage	165	120
78.64	University of California-Riverside	California	Big West Conference	Public	Average	167	212
78.37	Oklahoma State University	Oklahoma	Big Twelve Conference	Public	Average	182	124
76.64	Florida International University	Florida	Conference USA	Public	Average	163	170
76.64	Texas Tech University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Public	Average	176	104
70.81	Liberty University	Virginia	Big South Conference	Private	Average	230	248
70.12	Brigham Young University-Idaho	Idaho	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Average	312	164
69.81	Washington State University	Washington	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	Average	189	193

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