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Kalamazoo College Data & Information Overview

4 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
80% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Kalamazoo College Ranked?

#510 Best Colleges in Nation
#13 Best Colleges in MI
General Business/Commerce Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Kalamazoo College was awarded 4 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.

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Overall Quality

K College landed the #510 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when K College held the #512 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

K College also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in Michigan ranking.

See all of the rankings for Kalamazoo College.

Is It Hard to Get Into K College?

80% Acceptance Rate
58% Of Accepted Are Women
26% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Kalamazoo College is 80%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that K College is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to K College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 570 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Kalamazoo College  ( 590 to 690 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Kalamazoo College  ( 570 to 690 )
200
800
K College received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for Kalamazoo College  ( 24 to 30 )
1
36

Learn more about Kalamazoo College admissions.

Kalamazoo College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
84% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At K College, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Kalamazoo College is 84%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  84 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Kalamazoo College

85% Freshmen Retention
76% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Kalamazoo College has a freshmen retention rate of 85%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  85 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At K College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 76%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  76 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Kalamazoo College.

Kalamazoo College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,426 Full-Time Undergraduates
34.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
59.6% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,451 undergraduates at K College with 1,426 being full-time and 25 being part-time.

How Much Does Kalamazoo College Cost?

$22,727 Net Price
34% Take Out Loans
$24,780 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of K College is $22,727. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for K College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$17,814 $17,846 $20,760 $25,847 $29,905

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of K College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At K College, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $6,195 a year. That adds up to $24,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at K College is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do K College Graduates Make?

$55,286 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from K College make about $55,286 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future K College graduates since it is 30% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Kalamazoo College make the most money.

Location of Kalamazoo College

Michigan State
1,426 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Kalamazoo College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kalamazoo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for K College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1200 Academy St, Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295
Phone: 269-337-7000
Website: https://www.kzoo.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KalamazooCollege
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kcollege

Kalamazoo College Majors

24 Majors With Completions
497 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Biology 71 $21,784
General Business/Commerce 58 $43,367
General Psychology 51 $21,169
Chemistry 46 $28,535
Romance Languages 38 NA
General English Literature 31 $31,536
Other Social Sciences 27 $27,345
Political Science & Government 25 NA
Computer Information Systems 24 NA
Economics 21 $34,802

Learn more about the majors offered at Kalamazoo College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

This is a decrease from the 1,449 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Kalamazoo College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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