Year after year, the value of a Lafayette education
is highly rated by PayScale and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, both for starting salaries after graduation and for 30-year return on investment.
If our academics and experiences align with your ambitions and you are ready to accelerate your success, we work to make our premier education affordable and accessible.
We believe the responsibility to pay for a college education lies with students and their families. But we also believe in equal opportunity so that our talented and multifaceted students can focus their efforts on learning new knowledge and leading global change.
Paying for college then truly becomes a joint investment, one where we support 100% of demonstrated need for the students who want to be part of the Lafayette family.
Here’s how a premier Lafayette education remains affordable.
We first encourage students and families to calculate an estimate of what that education might cost. Answering six simple questions can create a reliable cost estimate using MyinTuition.
Next is our commitment to Need-Based Aid. In addition to meeting 100% of demonstrated need for all students, Lafayette offers a no-loan commitment. Students with a total family income* up to $150,000 and with typical family assets for their income levels will have their federal loans replaced with grants and work study.
Finally, the College has robust competitive Non-Need-Based Scholarships. In addition to the Marquis Awards–Marquis Fellowships (full tuition) and Marquis Scholarships (half tuition). All applicants are considered for non-need-based scholarships, but admissions interviews are highly encouraged for those students seeking them.
Other types of aid are available as well.
More than half of our students receive financial assistance. We're here to help you understand all of your options, and guide you through the process of applying for grants, loans, and work-study opportunities. Our goal is for all admitted students to receive the aid they need to realize their educational goals.
The CSS Profile is a financial aid application used for determining demonstrated need for institutional need-based grants and is a secondary form to FAFSA. The CSS Profile provides colleges and universities with a deeper and more precise look at an applicant’s financial background, important when awarding finite institutional resources. Completing a CSS Profile is not required for first year students entering the College in Fall 2022 who attend high schools designated as high-poverty (>=75% of the high school’s students receiving free and reduced lunch). These students are exempt from submitting it for the remainder of their time at Lafayette.
See our faq section for additional details.
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