and international scholarships, For the class of 2012, Lafayette gave financial aid to 66% of its students, with the average package amounting to $26,850 for all students.
The college also offers merit-based academic scholarships: the Marquis Fellowship, a full-tuition scholarship, and the Marquis Scholarship, a half-tuition scholarship. As of 2021, Lafayette's endowment was more than $1.063 billion.
== Admissions ==
Lafayette uses the Common Application as the sole method for students to the apply to the school. Applicants may apply through early decision I or II for an earlier response, or through regular decision. For the class of 2029, the college received 10,547 applications, of which 3,108 were accepted, for an acceptance rate of 29.46%.
For the 2024–2025 academic year, the total cost of attendance at Lafayette’s was $83,652, placing it among the most expensive private colleges by published cost. In 2022, Lafayette introduced a no-loan financial aid initiative for domestic students from families earning …
