Adrian College Data & Information Overview
This overview covers the essential stats on Adrian College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you'll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.- Rankings
- Admission and Acceptance
- Faculty
- Retention and Graduation Rates
- Diversity
- Cost
- Student Debt
- Average Earnings
- Location
- Majors
- Online Learning
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How Well Is Adrian College Ranked?
2021 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.
Adrian College was awarded 13 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Overall Quality
College Factual ranked Adrian as #1,000 out of 1,715 colleges and universities in the country on its 2021 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 42 colleges in Michigan, Adrian is ranked at #30.
See all of the rankings for Adrian College.
Is It Hard to Get Into Adrian?
Acceptance Rate
If you're applying to Adrian College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 60%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
Average Test Scores
About 61% of students accepted to Adrian submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 470 and 568.
Learn more about Adrian College admissions.
Adrian College Faculty
Student to Faculty Ratio
The student to faculty ratio at Adrian College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
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 Adrian College is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Retention and Graduation Rates at Adrian College
Freshmen Retention Rate
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Adrian College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Graduation Rate
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Adrian have a four-year graduation rate of 36%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Adrian College.
Good Overall Diversity at Adrian
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,817 undergraduates at Adrian with 1,751 being full-time and 66 being part-time.
Adrian Diversity Score
College Factual computes an overall diversity score for each college and university that takes gender, ethnicity, geographic location, and age into account. Schools with the best mixtures of students with respect to these factors are ranked the highest, and those that cater to just one or two student groups are ranked the lowest.
The overall diversity score for Adrian is 74.41 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.
Get more detailed information on diversity and student demographics at Adrian College.
How Much Does Adrian College Cost?
The overall average net price of Adrian is $26,402. 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 Adrian
$0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
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$24,242 | $24,287 | $24,355 | $27,715 | $28,358 |
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 Adrian, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Adrian, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,031 a year. That adds up to $32,124 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Adrian is 8.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Get more details about paying for Adrian College.
How Much Money Do Adrian Graduates Make?
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Adrian make around $38,600 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.
See which majors at Adrian College make the most money.
Location of Adrian College
Adrian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. Adrian is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.Get more details about the location of Adrian College.

Contact details for Adrian are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 110 S Madison St, Adrian, MI 49221-2575 |
Phone: | 517-265-5161 |
Website: | www.adrian.edu |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/adriancollegebulldogs |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/AdrianCollege |
Adrian College Majors
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 48 majors graduated from Adrian College. Of these students, 377 received undergraduate degrees and 32 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
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Health & Physical Education | 60 | $31,700 |
General Biology | 32 | $26,300 |
Marketing | 31 | $34,800 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections | 24 | $33,300 |
Accounting | 21 | NA |
Social Work | 21 | NA |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20 | $35,900 |
Business Administration & Management | 19 | $39,300 |
Communication & Media Studies | 17 | NA |
Natural Resources Conservation | 13 | NA |
Online Learning at Adrian
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2017-2018, 20 students took at least one online class at Adrian College. This is an increase from the 11 students who took online classes the previous year.
Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
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2017-2018 | 20 | 5 |
2016-2017 | 11 | 3 |
2015-2016 | 0 | 0 |
2014-2015 | 0 | 0 |
2013-2014 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Adrian 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.
References
- National Center for Education Statistics
- College Scorecard
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
- Image Credit: By Dwight Burdette under License
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