Tuition
Summer Session tuition for 2025 is $3,500 per course or $2,300 per internship. Each Lake Forest College course is equivalent to 4.0 semester hours.
Lake Forest College students behind on credits are eligible to take a course at $750. Lake Forest College students and visiting students are also eligible for a need-based financial grant.
Tuition is $3,500 per four-credit course for advanced high school students. Summer merit-based scholarships are available in award amounts up to $1,500, bringing tuition for award recipients to $2,000.
Registration Deposit
Note: a $100 deposit is required for visiting college student and advanced high school student course registration, with deadlines for each term.
- May Term: May 13 - June 6, 2025 (deposit due May 1)
- June Term: June 9 - July 3, 2025 (deposit due May 27)
- July Term: July 7 - July 31, 2025 (deposit due by June 25)
Deposits are refunded if admission is denied or a class is closed or canceled. The remaining tuition balance is due on August 1.
Lake Forest College students are not required to make this deposit.
Lake Forest College reserves the right to cancel courses for which there is insufficient enrollment. In some instances, students may have the option to work with an instructor in an independent study or tutorial should a course have insufficient enrollment.
Refunds
No-show policy: Students who enroll in summer sessions courses and fail to show up for the course, without officially withdrawing either forfeit their deposit or are charged a $100 processing fee.
Students who withdraw before the start of the course are not charged tuition or a processing fee.
Advance withdrawal with notice policy: Students who attend their selected course and choose to withdraw before the end of the change in registration period (Add/Drop date) will receive a full refund or reversal of their tuition.
Non-Lake Forest College students in this situation will also have their $100 registration fee returned.
Withdrawal after add/drop period policy: No refunds will be issued for any students that make a change in registration after 4:30 p.m. on the last day of Add/Drop for each term.
In addition to the cost of tuition, students living on campus have a separate charge for housing and meals (“room and board”). See our Residence Life page for details.