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Albion College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
67% Acceptance Rate
Find out more about how Albion College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Albion College Ranked?

#1,510 Best Colleges in Nation
#42 Best Colleges in MI
General Business/Commerce Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Albion is ranked #1,510 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Albion also holds the #42 spot on the Best Colleges in Michigan ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Albion?

67% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Albion College is a competitive 67%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Learn more about Albion College admissions.

Albion College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
82% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Albion, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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 Albion College is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  82 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Albion College

73% Freshmen Retention
58% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Albion College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. 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  73 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Albion the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  58 out of 100
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Albion College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,492 Full-Time Undergraduates
36.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
52.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,506 undergraduates at Albion with 1,492 being full-time and 14 being part-time.

How Much Does Albion College Cost?

$17,331 Net Price
64% Take Out Loans
$28,832 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Albion is $17,331. 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 Albion

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$12,342 $11,689 $15,497 $19,731 $27,008

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 Albion, 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 Albion, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,208 a year. That adds up to $28,832 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Albion Graduates Make?

$58,799 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Albion with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $58,799 in their early years. This is good news for future Albion graduates since it is 19% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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Location of Albion College

Michigan State
1,492 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Albion, Michigan, Albion College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Albion is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Albion are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 611 E Porter St, Albion, MI 49224
Phone: 517-629-1000
Website: www.albion.edu/

Albion College Majors

46 Majors With Completions
730 Undergraduate Degrees
730 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 46 majors graduated from Albion College. Of these students, 730 received undergraduate degrees and 730 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
Child Development & Psychology 38 $23,906
Health & Physical Education 37 $30,314
General Biology 30 $20,713
Finance & Financial Management 22 $59,926
History 20 NA
Political Science & Government 17 $39,066
Teacher Education Subject Specific 14 $43,301
General Business/Commerce 13 NA
Communication & Media Studies 13 $39,209
Economics 13 $48,756

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

Online Learning at Albion

1% Take At Least One Class Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 14 students took at least one online class at Albion College. This is a decrease from the 44 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 14 0
2021-2022 44 0
2020-2021 875 17
2018-2019 0 0

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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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