Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts institution since 1903. Lake Forest enrolls approximately 1,500 students representing 43 states and 80 countrie…
Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts institution since 1903. Lake Forest enrolls approximately 1,500 students representing 43 states and 80 countries. Lake Forest offers 32 undergraduate major and minor programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and features programs of study in pre-law, pre-medicine, communication, business, finance, and computer science. Most students live on the college's wooded 107-acre campus located a half-mile from the Lake Michigan shore, however, the population of commuting students has increased in the past few years.
Former names: Lind University (1857–1865) · Lake Forest University (1865–1965)
Motto: Et veritas liberabit vos (Latin)
Motto in English: And the truth shall set you free (John 8:32)
Type: Private liberal arts college
Established: 1857
Religious affiliation: Nonsectarian · Presbyterian (historically)
Academic affiliations: ACM · Annapolis Group · Oberlin Group · CLAC · APCU
Save
Share
More