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Causes: Education, Undergraduate Colleges
Programs: Lafayette college is a liberal arts college offering bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in four disciplines in humanities, engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences. In fall 2016, the 2,550 full-time students came from 45 states and 59countries. The student-to-faculty ratio at the college is approximately 10 to 1. 224 of the 229 full-time faculty hold a doctorate or other terminal degree. Approximately 47% of the students attending lafayette college receive financial assistance. 591 students were awarded an undergraduate degree. Lafayette college has a four-year gradudation rate of 86% and six-year graduation rate of 90%. Approximately 96% of the college's graduates were employed, in graduate school, or secured internships within 6 months after graduation.
as a residential college, lafayette students compliment their academic scholarship with myriad opportunities to connect with one another and learn from the large world represented on the college's campus. As part of their experience at a residential college, lafayette students are deeply engaged academically and have significant opportunities to engage in a vast offering of extracurricular and co-curricular possibilities. Lafayette college offers more than 250 student clubs and organizations, 23 ncaa division 1 athletic programs, and numerous experiences in the fine arts and performing arts all of which are complimented by a strong student life program that enhances the lafayette experience beyond the classroom.