Adrian College Overview
Adrian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Adrian, Michigan. Adrian is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.
What Is Adrian College Known For?
- Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Adrian.
- In 2019-2020, 43% of the faculty were full-time.
- After graduation, Adrian bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,378 a year. That's about 26% more than their peers at other schools.
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Adrian College Rankings
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Adrian.
Rank | Ranking Name | Share |
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#11 | Best Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Certificate Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
#74 | Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
Where Is Adrian College?

Contact details for Adrian are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 110 S Madison St, Adrian, MI 49221-2575 |
Phone: | 517-265-5161 |
Website: | www.adrian.edu |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/adriancollegebulldogs |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/AdrianCollege |
How Do I Get Into Adrian?
You can apply to Adrian online at: apply.adrian.edu/
Admission Requirements for Adrian
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | considered but not required |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | neither required nor recommended |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | considered but not required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Adrian?
Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 63%.
Average Test Scores
About 76% of students accepted to Adrian submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 467 and 550.
Can I Afford Adrian College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Adrian, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $7,566 a year. That adds up to $30,264 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Adrian is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Adrian College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 77 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 1,738 full-time undergraduates at Adrian, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Adrian College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 7 |
Black or African American | 132 |
Hispanic or Latino | 103 |
White | 1,166 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 330 |
Geographic Diversity
Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Adrian College. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 11 countries are represented at Adrian. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Czech Republic, and Japan.
Online Learning at Adrian College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Adrian has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 36th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Adrian majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Accounting | 8% |
Business, Management & Marketing | 10% |
Curriculum & Instruction | 88% |
Finance & Financial Management | 57% |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 57% |
Health & Physical Education | 44% |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | 44% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Adrian ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Adrian.
Major | Growth Rate Rank | |
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Health & Physical Education | #337 | |
Curriculum & Instruction | #342 | |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | #372 |
Adrian College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Image Credit: By Dwight Burdette under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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