College · Private nonprofit · Adrian, MI · Town
Adrian College
Adrian, MI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate73%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$25k
Undergrad size1,604
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $25k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 73% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1034 · ACT 22.
If you get in
1,604 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $56k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $25k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$224k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$101k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$123k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $41.7k
- Room & board
- $20.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,100
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans71%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention63%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr48%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out33%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,604
- Location
- Adrian, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White60%
- Unknown16%
- Black6%
- International6%
- Hispanic6%
- Two or more races4%
First-gen students31%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$68k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 57
What you can study.