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- Kalamazoo College


Kalamazoo, MICity: smallZIP 49006Founded 1833
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1833
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1987
- Website
- www.kzoo.edu
MichiganPrivate nonprofit
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo College is a private nonprofit college in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with 1,149 undergraduates. It admits 75% of applicants, graduates 74% within six years and costs $20,784 a year after aid.
74%graduate
Admission rate75%
Retention84%
4-year graduation64%
Pell Grant share28%
Federal loans46%
$20,784net price / year
75%admission rate
1280average SAT
74%graduate in 6 years
$66,766median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#494 of 1,704 for earnings#928 of 1,739 for lowest net price#266 of 1,738 for graduation rate#712 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $76,959tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $63,827
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $63,827
- Average net price
- $20,784national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$12,248
$30,001–48,000$10,941
$48,001–75,000$16,743
$75,001–110,000$19,376
$110,001+$30,715
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 75%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 590–700
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 580–680
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 20–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college75%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college74%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college28%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 74%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 64%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 82%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,018
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,766middle 50%: $46,515–$100,477
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$100,477
Median, Kalamazoo College$66,766
Lower quarter$46,515
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,149
- Part-time
- 1.0%
- Women / men
- 55% / 45%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 14%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 28%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 85%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,916 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,681
- Endowment, end of year
- $304,294,691
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White62%
Hispanic17%
Black5.7%
Asian3.3%
Two or more races4.8%
U.S. nonresident3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Unknown2.9%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Biological & biomedical sciences25%
Business & management17%
Social sciences13%
Psychology9.4%
Visual & performing arts7.3%
English language & literature6.8%
Physical sciences5.9%
Computer & information sciences4.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 170532. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6350383.