Albion College
Albion, Michigan
Ideas Into Practice
Albion College is an undergraduate, liberal arts institution committed to academic excellence. It is a learning-centered and recognize that valuable learning takes place in and outside the classroom, on and off campus.
Albion faculty make mentorship their top priority and prepare students to translate critical thought into action. Centers and Institutes call upon students to make a real-world impact from their first year through final internships and graduation. Albion students leave here ready to thrive in rewarding careers, live meaningful lives and help build a better world.
Learn more at www.albion.edu.
#2
Michigan Private Colleges
Wall Street Journal
Top Green College
The Princeton Review
1:11
Faculty-to-Student Ratio
Programs in High-Demand Fields
Business
Accounting Major and Minor
Business Major
Economics and Management Major and Minor
Finance Major and Minor
Integrated Marketing Communication Major
Marketing Management Major and Minor
Statistics Minor
Allied Health & Healthcare
Cell and Molecular Biology Minor
Health Communication Minor
Pre-Dental Program
Pre-Health Program
Pre-Medical Program
Pre-Nursing Program
Pre-Physical Therapy Program
Computer, Data, and Information Sciences
Albion College offers Computer Science as either a major or a minor degree, as well as the option to add a Data Analytics minor. Albion approaches computer science with a liberal arts foundation, meaning that students will not just learn about technology, but also how technology can be used to improve the world following graduation. Students take advantage of the school’s state-of-the-art Science Complex, where they will learn to code in several core languages, as well as other languages depending on one’s area of interest.
Power Skills
Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FURSCA)
FURSCA is a program for students that have identified a potential topic of research throughout their first few semesters of their undergraduate studies. The foundation pairs students with a faculty mentor to plan, design, and carry out original research. Funding is provided for such research, and grants are awarded for students to travel for presentations or conferences.
Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium
Albion College’s Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium is an annual event honoring and displaying the research performed by Albion students with the supervision of a faculty member. Since the first symposium in 1990, over 2000 students have presented over 1500 research projects. The prestigious event is a testament to Albion College’s commitment to shaping students who are willing to take their education one step further, and seek and create knowledge to change the world around them.
Significant Partnerships
The Wilson Medical Institute
A preparation partnership with Kaplan to prepare premedical students for the MCAT. As a result of this unique partnership, 96% of Albion premedical students that have applied to medical school over the past eight years have been accepted.
Centers of Excellence and Research
Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management
The Gerstacker Business Institute provides business students the opportunity to network with professionals in the workforce, internships anywhere from major corporations to small startups, and an experienced staff and faculty committed to their post-graduate success.
The Wilson Medical Institute
The Wilson Medical Institute is home to all of Albion’s preparatory medical programs, giving students an accelerated path into the medical career field. Whether they are pursuing dentistry, medicine, or physical therapy, the Wilson Medical Institute provides students crucial firsthand clinical experience, as well as access to an involved alumni network, making the next steps into a successful medical career as seamless as possible.
Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program
The Honors Program at Albion encourages participating students to think critically about the world around them. Instead of increased classes or coursework, the program is discussion and conversation-based, allowing motivated students to interact with one another and broaden their worldviews alongside their peers.
In 2020, Albion College opened its Office of Belonging, which is focused on the creation of an inclusive and unifying experience for the faculty, staff, and student community as a whole. The office focuses on initiatives of training, education, collaboration, policy, advocacy, and stewardship to foster and sustain an equitable and diverse educational community. The Office of Belonging has several on-campus diversity initiatives, including a social justice lectures series, Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM) Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Program, and the James L. Curtis Summer Bridge Program, which expands STEM education to historically underrepresented student populations.
The James L. Curtis Institute for Race and Belonging centers STEM learning and education as an inclusive way to reach out to communities and pursue racial equity and justice. Interdisciplinary scholarship and course development helps students to learn about the experiences of peers in their field, as well as the world around them, and to think critically about how STEM education and professional positions can lead to improvements in issues of race and inclusion.
Albion is ranked the #2 Private College in Michigan by Wall Street Journal/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges.
The Princeton Review named Albion a Top Green College, citing over 140 acres of outdoor education.
Albion has a strong and involved alumni network of over 32,000 worldwide, and networking opportunities on campus allow students to build relationships with graduates who have found success in their respective fields.
William C. Ferguson, Chairman of Verizon Communication
Martin Nesbitt, Campaign Treasurer, Barack Obama
Richard Mills Smith, Chairman and Editor in Chief, Newsweek Magazine
Josh A. Cassada, NASA Astronaut