Kalamazoo College Overview

Kalamazoo College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kalamazoo is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Kalamazoo College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at K College since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The student loan default rate at K College is 0%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at K College is the bachelor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 82% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from K College with a bachelor's degree make about $60,627 a year. That's 49% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from K College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Kalamazoo College?

Contact details for K College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Academy St, Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295
Phone:	269-337-7000
Website:	www.kzoo.edu

How Do I Get Into K College?

You can apply to K College online at: https://admission.kzoo.edu/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for K College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into K College?

K College has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% of students accepted to K College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 690. Math scores were between 570 and 690.

K College received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 34. Math scores were between 22 and 30. Composite scores were between 24 and 30.

Can I Afford Kalamazoo College?

The overall average net price of K College is $32,444. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

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 K College, approximately 34% of students took out student loans averaging $6,195 a year. That adds up to $24,780 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at K College is 0.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Kalamazoo College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,241 undergraduate students at K College, with 1,233 being full-time and 8 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,233 full-time undergraduates at K College, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kalamazoo College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	77
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	191
White	745
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	100

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Kalamazoo College. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 31 countries are represented at K College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Vietnam.

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 Gotanero under License

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