Albion College

Albion, MI · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
74.4%
5,985 admitted
SAT · 50th
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6-yr grad
57.0%
Retention 68.0%
Undergrads
1,168
11:1 S-F
Admissions
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79.3% / 82.3%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications8,048
Overall admit rate74.4%
In-state admit rate79.3%
Out-of-state admit rate82.3%
Enrolled352 · 5.9% yield
Test scores
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SAT composite · 50th %ile
Cost & aid
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$59,620
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$59,620
Fees$825
Room & board$13,210
Books$850
Avg need-based grant$51,364
% need met93.0%
Academics
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11 : 1
student-faculty ratio
68.0% retention
Student-faculty11 : 1
Retention68.0%
4-year graduation44.7%
6-year graduation57.0%
Enrollment
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1,168
undergraduates
23.2% out-of-state · 22 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,168
First-year352
Transfer33
Full-time99%
Female52%
Out-of-state23.2%
International (freshmen)22
Rankings
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#54
WSJ/College Pulse
Best Colleges in the U.S.
SourceListRankYr
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#5425
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#7326
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#13126
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#46926
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#79926
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association3
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMichigan colleges9
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://www.albion.edu/admission/apply/
Admissions emailadmission@albion.edu
Admissions phone517-629-0321
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Kalamazoo College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
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University of Minnesota MN · Public——936
Westmont College CA · Private (nonprofit)77.0%13201K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Albion College

22 years of Albion College's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.