About

Our Campus

At Alma College, we are at our best working with students who don’t have all the answers but love to ask the questions.

Students studying in class. Alma College offers a personalized education with multiple paths and experiences leading to success. We don’t prescribe a formula for your success. Our job includes showing you the options, helping you chart your path, and assisting you to open the right doors.

Your Alma experience will include opportunities to put the ideas and theories that you discuss in the classroom to work in real world settings through internships, research fellowships, campus leadership, academic travel or service to others. And you will make life-long friendships and amazing memories!

Type: Coed, 4-year, residential, undergraduate, private, liberal arts and sciences.

Location: Alma, Michigan, one hour north of the state capital of Lansing, in the center of the Lower Peninsula.

Accreditation: The Higher Learning Commission, (800) 621-7440; Member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. For more information go to: https://www.ncahlc.org/.

Degrees Awarded: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music.

Students: Alma College enrolls 1,433 undergraduate students from 27 states and nine foreign countries.

Faculty: Alma College employs a full-time teaching faculty of 100, of which 84 percent hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree.

Student/Faculty Ratio: The student-to-faculty ratio at Alma is 12 students for every one faculty member.

Average Class Size: 18 students.

Average Incoming High School GPA: 3.5.

Campus Size: 128 acres with 27 major buildings, plus 200-acre ecological tract.

Academic Programs: More than 50, plus the chance to design your own program of study.

Service Learning: 90% of students participate in at least one service learning course.

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<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College’s <a href="/stone-center/adventure-recreation/">Adventure Recreation program</a> sponsors student weekend programming experiences that include camping, kayaking, snowboarding and skiing to such locations as Sleeping Bear Dunes, Mackinaw Island, the Picture Rocks and Boyne and Caberfae mountains.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> In the more than 130 years since its founding, Alma College has stayed true to its roots by keeping its <a href="/about/scottish-heritage/">Scottish heritage</a> alive. We live it every day, out loud and in plaid.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> The <a href="/academics/support/center-for-student-opportunity/venture-program/">Alma Venture</a> and other college-sponsored grant programs provide up to $2,500 to every student to offset the cost of a personalized experience consistent with their academic plan, such as study abroad, an internship, hands-on research or clinical project, and service or leadership opportunities.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College students frequently travel outside Michigan for <a href="/academics/experiential-learning/international-off-campus-study.php">incredible opportunities</a> related to their college experience. Where will your Alma education take you?</p><p> </p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> As the demand for nurses grows, so does the requirement for more education and training. Alma’s <a href="/academics/nursing/">Bachelor of Science in Nursing</a> (BSN) degree program, launched in fall 2014, has received full accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.</p><p> </p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> An Alma education <a href="/academics/support/center-for-student-opportunity/career-services.php">works!</a> Ninety-four percent of Alma College’s 2019 graduates reported working full-time or attending graduate school within six months of graduation.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College is <a href="/about/at-a-glance/">accredited</a> by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Alma has been continuously accredited since 1916.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Forty percent of Alma students participated in <a href="/newsroom/athletics-news/">intercollegiate athletics</a>. Alma College competes at the NCAA Division III level as a member of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Alma offers 27 varsity-level sports, which includes 23 NCAA-sanctioned teams.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College’s mission is to prepare graduates who think critically, serve generously, lead purposefully and live responsibly as stewards of the world they bequeath to future generations.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Frank Knox, a 1912 alumnus, fought alongside Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders, was a vice presidential candidate in 1936, and served as Secretary of the Navy under FDR.</p><p> </p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College’s membership in <a href="/academics/academic-honors/honors-societies/phi-beta-kappa.php">Phi Beta Kappa</a> is an indication of excellence within the liberal arts. Only 10 percent of colleges and universities in the United States share this distinction.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> The <a href="/academics/experiential-learning/leadership-programs/global-leadership.php">Posey Global</a> Leadership Scholarship provides opportunities for Alma students to travel anywhere in the world and complete a self-designed project. Since 2006, more than 280 students have been funded through Posey-Global for research and service projects in 47 countries.</p><p> </p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College has added team video game competition to its intercollegiate athletic offerings as a member of the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE). Member schools compete in a wide number of different game titles, including Counter-Strike, Hearthstone, League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League and others.</p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p><em>Colleges of Distinction</em>, a national <a href="http://collegesofdistinction.com/school/alma-college/">college guide</a> for students, parents and counselors, identifies Alma College as “one of the best places to learn, grow and succeed.” </p></div>
<div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> Alma College students have the ability to <a href="/academics/programs-of-emphasis.php">design their own major</a>, with the assistance of a faculty advisor, to meet specific educational or career goals. </p></div>