Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College, founded in 1857, is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. The college has 1,500 students representing 47 states and 78 countries.
The Lake Forest College campus is located in the suburban town of Lake Forest, a half mile from Lake Michigan and 30 miles north of Chicago. Its 107 acres are home to more than 250 species of naturalized plants and 187 bird species.

Lake Forest College Rankings in 2011

• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011-2012

Lake Forest College Rankings in 2010

• TOP 100 PRIVATE COLLEGES RANKING
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ART UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE IN 2010

Lake Forest College Undergraduate / Graduate Tuition and Fees

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Schools and Academics of Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College News

• Graduates celebrate Commencement 2012 - Thu, 10 May 2012
  The College honored its latest class of graduates at the 134th Commencement ceremony, with Hon. Richard Posner delivering the main address. You can watch the recording from our�live feed, or check out some of the posts on Twitter�to experience some of the happenings from the day.

• Students conduct tours of Chicago neighborhoods - Tue, 08 May 2012
  Watch a video about the course Chicago: The Food City in which students learned about the history and significance of food in the city and participated in food-based tours in neighborhoods there. Chicago: The Food City is part of the College’s residential In The Loop program.

• Diversity celebrated with Soup & Stories program - Mon, 07 May 2012
  The popular Soup & Stories series, sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Relations (OIR), wrapped up this year’s programming with a presentation titled “Tug of War: Balancing Black Identity in College and in the Black Community.”

• Relay and race raise over $50,000 for cancer research - Wed, 02 May 2012
  Lake Forest College’s Relay for Life and Ry’s Run brought together more than 700 participants and raised over $50,000 for the American Cancer Society. See the photos from last month’s events.

• Forester leaders honored - Tue, 01 May 2012
  The College community honored students who have excelled as leaders on campus at the annual Spring Leadership Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 30, 2012.�

• Student’s research suggests a chuckle won’t enhance the audience’s recall of a speech - Fri, 27 Apr 2012
  Mario Baldassari ’11 publishes findings from his senior thesis exploring memory for humor in the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.

• Verdict is in: 2012 Day of Service most photogenic yet - Fri, 27 Apr 2012
  Check out the photos from this year’s Gates Day of Service on April 14, when 500 Forester faculty, students, and staff joined forces with families in North Chicago for a day of fun activities.�

• Get the College on your iPhone - Tue, 24 Apr 2012
  New app offers a GPS campus audio tour in English, Spanish, and Mandarin, along with listings of the latest events, direct streaming to WMXM FM 88.9 and more.

• Hungry? Try alum Dave Beran’s award-winning restaurant “Next” - Fri, 20 Apr 2012
  Beran ‘03 named Breakout Chef of the Year in Time Out Chicago’s annual EAT OUT awards.

• National honorary Nu Rho Psi inauguration marks 2012 NeuroFrontiers Workshop - Sun, 15 Apr 2012
  A Rosalind Franklin Medical School expert on Parkinson’s disease joins BIO346 Molecular Neuroscience students as these students role-play world famous neuroscientists at a unique annual scientific research conference on April 28 at Lake Forest College from 8 am - 5:15 pm in Johnson Science Center Room 200 and at McCromick Auditorium. This workshop celebrates the inauguration of Gamma Chapter of Illinois of Nu Rho Psi(the national neuroscience honorary) at Lake Forest College. The public is invited.