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Located on 110 beautiful acres overlooking Easton, Lafayette has a national and international reputation for academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and engineering. Lafayette's special role among America's most academically competitive colleges and universities is defined by its unusual combination of programs and strengths. With 2,300 undergraduate students, Lafayette is a national leader in faculty-mentored student research, study abroad programs, internships and externships, service learning, writing across the disciplines, first-year experiences and creative projects.

With a market value of more than $550 million and total assets of more than $800 million, Lafayette's endowment per student is among the top 2 percent of all United States colleges and universities. Founded in 1826 by the citizens of Easton, Lafayette's more than 20,000 alumni include doctors, corporate presidents, Ph.D.s doing advanced research, legislators, magazine publishers, actors, lawyers, international bankers, engineering executives, biologists, and corporate leaders who have founded their own companies. Lafayette is 3rd nationally in the number of officers and directors of leading public and private companies with sales of $1 million or more listed in the 2004 Standard and Poor's Register compared with the top 30 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges published by U.S. News and World Report.

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