College · Private nonprofit · Albion, MI · Town
Admit rate81%
6-yr median pay$48k
Net price / yr$14k
Undergrad size1,300
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $14k/yr for a shot at a $48k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 81% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,300 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 $70k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $14k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$280k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$57k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$223k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $57.0k
- Room & board
- $12.8k
- Books & supplies
- $850
How students pay for it.
Pell grants47%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans64%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention70%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr62%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$48k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$59k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
- 1,300
- Location
- Albion, MI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White54%
- Black16%
- Hispanic13%
- Unknown7%
- International5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian1%
First-gen students28%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time0%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$55k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 50
What you can study.