Lake Forest College Scholarships and Merit Aid

Lake Forest, Illinois

9 scholarships Lake Forest College publishes, each with the amount, what the school says it takes, and the sentence we read it in. This is what the school states, not a list of every award it offers.

1,782Undergraduates

54%Admit rate

Merit awarded on published numbers (6)

These are the awards the school ties to stated GPA and test bars. No separate application is listed for them.

$40,000 First-Year Scholarship

$40,000

Published requirement: 4.5 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1450 SAT, or 33 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $40,000 | 4.50 + | 1450 + | 33 +lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

$38,000 First-Year Scholarship

$38,000

Published requirement: 4.1 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1390 SAT, or 31 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $38,000 | 4.10-4.49 | 1390-1440 | 31-32lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

$36,000 First-Year Scholarship

$36,000

Published requirement: 3.9 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1330 SAT, or 29 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $36,000 | 3.90-4.09 | 1330-1380 | 29-30lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

$34,000 First-Year Scholarship

$34,000

Published requirement: 3.6 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1260 SAT, or 27 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $34,000 | 3.60-3.89 | 1260-1320 | 27-28lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

$32,000 First-Year Scholarship

$32,000

Published requirement: 3.4 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1200 SAT, or 25 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $32,000 | 3.40-3.59 | 1200-1250 | 25-26lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

$30,000 First-Year Scholarship

$30,000

Published requirement: 3.0 GPA (scale as the school published it), or 1100 SAT, or 22 ACT
Renewable: Yes, per the school

Scholarship Range | HS GPA | SAT | ACT — $30,000 | 3.00-3.39 | 1100-1190 | 22-24lakeforest.edu (read 2026-08-05)

Awards that take an application (3)

The school publishes an amount for these, and also publishes that something beyond the admission file decides them.

Merit Scholarships

$0 to $37,000

Renewable: Yes, per the school

You could receive up to $37,000 annually in merit-based scholarships, plus additional scholarships you can apply for, on top of financial aid.lakeforest.edu (read 2026-06-27)

Carnegie English Essay Contest

$2,500

Renewable: Yes, per the school

Winners will be awarded $2,500 annually.lakeforest.edu (read 2026-06-27)

Jensen Physics Scholarship

$3,000 to $8,000

Winners will be awarded $3,000 to $8,000 annually.lakeforest.edu (read 2026-06-27)

Which of these a student actually clears depends on GPA, test score, home state, and major. A free Graidy account works that out award by award, and shows what is left to pay after it.

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What Lake Forest College costs

Cost of attendance as published: tuition, fees, housing, and food for one year. It is the sticker, before any of the awards above and before need-based aid.

$71,952In-state, per year

$71,952Out-of-state, per year

Where this came from

https://www.lakeforest.edu/admissions/scholarships (read 2026-06-27)
https://www.lakeforest.edu/Public/ADM/Financial%20Aid/24-25/24251102_ADM_Scholarship_Grid.png (read 2026-08-05)

Every amount on this page was read off a Lake Forest College page on the date shown. Schools change award tables, so check the school's page before you count on a number.