College · Private nonprofit · Alma, MI · Town
Alma College
Alma, MI
Religious affiliation
Admit rate57%
6-yr median pay$46k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,148
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $46k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 57% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,148 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 $64k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$255k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$83k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$172k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $49.6k
- Room & board
- $14.2k
- Books & supplies
- $2,172
How students pay for it.
Pell grants27%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr63%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$46k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$55k
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
- 1,148
- Location
- Alma, 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, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White77%
- Black6%
- International6%
- Hispanic4%
- Unknown3%
- Two or more races3%
- Asian1%
First-gen students24%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time2%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$70k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 44
What you can study.