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Alma College
Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Alma, Michigan.
Students and awards
From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.
- 1,284
- Students enrolled during the year
- Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
- 1,218
- Undergraduates
- 66
- Graduate students
From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.
- 239
- Bachelor's degrees awarded
- 0
- Associate's degrees awarded
- 43
- Master's degrees awarded
Graduation, admissions and price
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- 63.0%
- Graduation rate
- 63.0%
- Bachelor's within six years
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- 57.0%
- Applicants admitted
- 10.0%
- Admitted students who enrolled
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
- $49,552
- Tuition and fees
- $68,884
- Price in state, living on campus
- $68,884
- Price out of state, living on campus
Tuition and fees
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
Alma College published $49,552 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $43,872 for 2021–22
Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Source: IPEDS
About this chart
The figures
| Academic year | In-district | In-state | Out-of-state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | $49,552 | $49,552 | $49,552 |
| 2023–24 | $47,430 | $47,430 | $47,430 |
| 2022–23 | $45,616 | $45,616 | $45,616 |
| 2021–22 | $43,872 | $43,872 | $43,872 |
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| In-state tuition and fees | $49,552 |
| Books and supplies | $2,172 |
| Food and housing on campus | $14,180 |
| Other expenses on campus | $2,980 |
| Total, as NCES adds it | $68,884 |
The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.
Faculty pay
From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.
| Rank | Full-time staff | Average salary, nine-month basis |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | 19 | $87,353 |
| Associate professor | 24 | $66,963 |
| Assistant professor | 20 | $65,298 |
| Instructor | 6 | $68,741 |
| Lecturer | 9 | $59,292 |
| No academic rank | 3 | $72,697 |
| All ranks | 81 | $70,826 |
Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.
How this compares
- Students enrolled during the year: 1,284
- Larger than 48% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
- Graduation rate: 63%
- Higher than 58% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
- Average faculty salary, all ranks: $70,826
- Higher than 56% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.
What former students earn and owe
From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.
- $55,040
- Median earnings four years after completing
- $59,874
- Median earnings ten years after entering
- $27,000
- Median federal debt of graduates
- 0.0%
- Three-year default rate
The college’s entry
- Sector
- Private nonprofit, four-year or above
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Grants degrees
- Yes
- Locale
- Town, distant
- County
- Gratiot County
- IPEDS ID
- 168591
Programs
52 programs in the College Scorecard’s field-of-study file, 11 with a page: those with a median for graduates’ earnings four years on or their federal debt. The rest are listed with their completions.
| Program | Completions | Median earnings, four years |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Management and Operations | 30 | $57,287 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | 28 | $44,458 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 26 | $80,386 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, General | 25 | $52,280 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Biology, General | 15 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Natural Resources Conservation and Research | 13 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Marketing | 12 | $53,871 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Related Services | 7 | $77,001 |
| Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature, General | 6 | $48,445 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Communication and Media Studies | 4 | $53,947 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | — | $63,641 |
| Bachelor's Degree in Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | 24 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | 15 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in History | 14 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Government | 11 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry | 9 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science | 9 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Visual and Performing Arts, General | 9 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Fine and Studio Arts | 8 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Neurobiology and Neurosciences | 8 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Health and Medical Administrative Services | 7 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Special Education and Teaching | 6 | Withheld for privacy |
| Master's Degree in Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 6 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Music | 5 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy | 5 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Economics | 4 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Finance and Financial Management Services | 4 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Sociology | 4 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology | 3 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Education, General | 3 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics | 3 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Physics | 3 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | 2 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Dance | 2 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 2 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other | 2 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in International Business | 1 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Science | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in International Relations and National Security Studies | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Master's Degree in Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Master's Degree in Information Science/Studies | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Master's Degree in Special Education and Teaching | 0 | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming | — | Not available |
| Bachelor's Degree in Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Religion/Religious Studies | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Anthropology | — | Withheld for privacy |
| Master's Degree in Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services, Other | — | Not available |
Sources
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved October 21, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26.
- College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data — U.S. Department of Education · retrieved October 15, 2026
U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).
Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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