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Alma College Data & Information Overview

5 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
69% Acceptance Rate
Find out more about how Alma College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Alma College Ranked?

#1,442 Best Colleges in Nation
#42 Best Colleges in MI
Health Sciences & Services Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.

Alma College was awarded 5 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.

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Overall Quality

Alma is ranked #1,442 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

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

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Is It Hard to Get Into Alma?

69% Acceptance Rate
58% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Alma College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 69%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Learn more about Alma College admissions.

Alma College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
64% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Alma 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

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Alma College is 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  64 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Alma College

79% Freshmen Retention
57% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Alma College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  79 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 Alma the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 57%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  57 out of 100
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Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Alma College.

Alma College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,386 Full-Time Undergraduates
13.9% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
58.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,435 undergraduates at Alma with 1,386 being full-time and 49 being part-time.

How Much Does Alma College Cost?

$23,200 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
$37,188 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Alma is $23,200. 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 Alma

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,666 $18,565 $22,136 $22,815 $26,198

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 Alma, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Alma, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $9,297 a year. That adds up to $37,188 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Alma is 3.4%. 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 Alma Graduates Make?

$49,625 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 Alma make about $49,625 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future Alma graduates since it is 17% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Alma College make the most money.

Location of Alma College

Michigan State
1,386 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Alma College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Alma, Michigan. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Alma draws many to the area.

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Contact details for Alma are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 614 W Superior, Alma, MI 48801-1599
Phone: 989-463-7111
Website: alma.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alma-MI/Alma-College/133636558992
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/almacollege

Alma College Majors

44 Majors With Completions
375 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 40 $28,027
Health Sciences & Services 36 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 24 $38,213
General Biology 23 $24,178
Business Administration & Management 21 $37,983
Chemistry 18 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 16 NA
Nursing 15 $58,918
Natural Resources Conservation 15 NA
General English Literature 14 NA

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

Online Learning at Alma

2% Take At Least One Class Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 24 students took at least one online class at Alma College. This is a decrease from the 795 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 24 0
2019-2020 795 9
2018-2019 0 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

Learn more about online learning at Alma 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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