Plymouth, WI · Private · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Lakeland University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$116,290
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $5,000.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Lakeland University
| Full price | $53,502 |
| After grants, at your income | $25,776 |
100% of first-year students here got a grant or scholarship from the college in 2023-24, $20,155 on average.
At this income, 17 of Wisconsin's other 23 colleges cost less after grants, and 6 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Lakeland University's promise. Lakeland Promise: tuition covered for Wisconsin residents with an adjusted gross income of $80,000 or less. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Lakeland University, our scenarios for Wisconsin households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $7,700 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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Lakeland Promise: tuition covered for Wisconsin residents with an adjusted gross income of $80,000 or less
Household income up to $80,000. Covers tuition.
- The college also says no student pays more than $16,500 for tuition.
“Lakeland Promise: Wisconsin residents with an AGI of $80,000 or less have tuition covered — the highest income threshold of its kind in the state.”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Lakeland University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $7,700 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Lakeland University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Wisconsin, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Lakeland University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Grants from the college
How many first-year students got a grant from Lakeland University, and the average, are the Department of Education's figures for full-time students who started in 2023-24. They cover every income. The prices after grants already count these grants, so don't take them off again. The Department of Education's page for Lakeland University →
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Lakeland University's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing and food, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 4.0% a year. Books are the College Scorecard's. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Lakeland University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Milwaukee School of Engineering$23,500 a year
- Carroll University$24,455 a year
- Lakeland University$25,776 a year
- Lawrence University$25,962 a year
- Concordia University-Wisconsin$26,810 a year
What each college charges, less the average grant for your income. Every Wisconsin college →