Lake Erie College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1856 located in Painesville, Ohio, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Cleveland. As of the 2015–2016 academic year, the enrollment was approximately 1,250 undergraduate, College Credit Plus, post-baccalaureate and graduate students. Lake Erie created a master of education program in 1972 and a master of business administration program in 1981. The college’s master’s-level physician assistant studies program began in 2014 and has already been extremely successful.