Selected from the second-largest applicant pool in Lewis & Clark’s history, the undergraduate class of 2007 is one of the College’s biggest and brightest. Here’s a look at the numbers:
Total first-year applications: 3,508
Students in the class of 2007: 493
Transfer students: 78
Percentage of students who applied online: 68%
Hail from outside Oregon: 80%
National Merit Scholars: 11
Graduated in top quarter of their class: 82%
Public school graduates: 74%
States represented: 41
Countries represented: 10
Received gift aid from Lewis & Clark: 79%
Average amount of Lewis & Clark gift aid: $14,121
Have a Lewis & Clark alum as a relative: 49
Attended a preorientation College Outdoors program: 122
Members of ethnic minorities: 13%
World travelers: Over 50% have already spent time overseas; more than 80% of all new students are considering one of our overseas study programs.
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