Lewis-Clark State College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Lewis-Clark State College is a public university in Idaho that admits most qualified applicants (around 88%), which puts it in the accessible range. A rate like this means it admits most qualified applicants; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Lewis-Clark State College weighs, where it ranks among Idaho schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1090, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Lewis-Clark State College with a 3.1 GPA and a 1030 SAT?

About 98% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1030 SAT, the middle of Lewis-Clark State College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1090 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Lewis-Clark State College comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

4,256 students applied to Lewis-Clark State College for fall 2023; 3,821 were admitted (89.8%). 438 enrolled. Only about 11% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Lewis-Clark State College enrolls about 2,385 undergraduates in total, 64% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 16 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

Lewis-Clark State College reports that it neither requires nor recommends test scores, so admission turns on your transcript, rigor, and the rest of the file.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Lewis-Clark State College signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Lewis-Clark State College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at Lewis-Clark State College (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $21,925 a year. Tuition and fees are $7,610 for ID residents and $22,028 for out-of-state students, a $14,418 gap that makes residency the single biggest lever on cost. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,635 a year, and it ranges from $13,080 for families earning under $30,000 to $19,004 for families earning over $110,000. 24% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Median earnings for Lewis-Clark State College students ten years after entry are $46,001 ($42,133 at the six-year mark). 40% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 61% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $18,500; 26% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 6 Idaho schools we track, Lewis-Clark State College ranks #5 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like College of Idaho (49%) and Northwest Nazarene University (65%) sit nearby, which makes Idaho a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

If Lewis-Clark State College is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Georgia Southern University, Illinois State University, and Norfolk State University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.