Lafayette College

What are the graduation rates for students at Lafayette College?

Lafayette's reported six-year graduation rate is 88% for the measured first-time, full-time undergraduate cohort. Its four-year rate is 80%. These measures track a defined entering group over different periods; they are not the percentage of all current students who will graduate.

The reported first-year retention rate is 90%, meaning that proportion of the relevant first-time cohort returned for the following fall. Graduation and retention figures help applicants assess common student pathways, but they do not explain why an individual student stays, transfers, or takes longer to finish. Transfer entrants are not represented in the standard first-time cohort graduation rate.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Lafayette College?

College Scorecard field-of-study figures offer a limited view of earnings roughly one year after completion for graduates included in the federal data. They are field-specific median earnings, not starting-salary offers, earnings for every graduate, or a prediction of what a particular student will make.

For example, the reported one-year median for electrical, electronics, and communications engineering is $77,247. The corresponding figure for economics is $63,927. English is reported at $37,680, while biology is reported at $35,718. Differences can reflect occupation, location, further study, and which graduates have earnings captured in the underlying records; they should not be read as the isolated financial effect of choosing a major.

One year is also an early point in a career. Students comparing programs may find these figures useful alongside internship access, graduate-school plans, debt, and longer-term career goals.