Lewis & Clark College

Your chances at Lewis & Clark College

Enter a score to see whether Lewis & Clark College is a reach, target or likely school for you.

A rough read from the admit rate and test scores only. Grades, courses, essays and activities matter as much or more. To see your whole list at once, use the chances calculator.

Application deadlines

Lewis & Clark College’s first-year deadlines for 2026–27 on the Common App:

Early decision

November 1, 2026

Early decision II

January 15, 2027

Early action

November 1, 2026

Regular decision

January 15, 2027

The application is free. Lewis & Clark College asks for the Common App personal essay, one teacher recommendation, and a midyear report from your school.

Deadlines end at 11:59 p.m. in your own time zone. From Common App’s requirements grid, updated September 25, 2026. Check Lewis & Clark College’s admissions site before you submit. See every college’s deadlines or early decision vs. early action.

Early decision and early action

Early decision applicants were admitted at 75% (73 of 98), compared with 71% for all applicants.

Lewis & Clark College offers early action but didn’t report its early admit rate.

Early applicants often include recruited athletes and students with stronger applications, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps one student.

140 students were offered a spot on the waitlist, 35 took it, and 2 were admitted from it.

What admissions weighs

How Lewis & Clark College rates each part of an application, from its Common Data Set.

High school GPA

First-year students averaged a 3.66 GPA.

• 4.013%
• 3.75–3.9936%
• 3.50–3.7423%
• 3.25–3.4917%
• 3.00–3.248%
• 2.50–2.993%
• 2.00–2.490%
• Under 2.00%

Some colleges report weighted GPAs, so compare loosely.

What it costs

Full price with housing is $80,454 a year. After grants, students paid $38,247 on average.

Average price after grants, by family income:

• $0–30k$17,251
• $30–48k$20,137
• $48–75k$25,542
• $75–110k$31,183
• $110k+$43,993