Adrian College

Adrian College is located in Adrian, Michigan. It is a small private not-for-profit school and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has 1,671 undergraduate students enrolled and admission is somewhat competitive as the acceptance rate is 59.7%.

Popular majors include Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Education, and Visual and Performing Arts. 52% of students graduate and go on to earn an average starting salary of $34,000.

More students take the SATs than the ACTs.

Adrian College has around 5,004 applicants.

Of the students admitted, 18% decide to enroll at Adrian College. This is the admissions yield. A higher admisssions yield means students want to attend the school. A lower one means that they decided to attend another school.

Out of the 5,004 applicants 60% are men and 40% are women. This means that for every 100 male applicants, there are 66 women, or for every 100 female applicants, there are 151 men.

Adrian College's acceptance rate is 59.7%. The acceptance rate for men is 58.2% and the acceptance rate for women is 62.1%.

The 3-year repayment rate is the percentage of students who are able to repay some of their student debt.

Why does this matter? A high rate means that students are making enough money so that they can pay down their student debt. A low rate means that students are having trouble paying down their loans.

To learn more and apply for financial aid at Adrian College you can visit adrian.edu/admissions/financial-aid/.

Adrian College students, on average, make $42,800 10-years after they start school (this is approximately 6 years after graduation).

Their salary grows by around 6% in the several years after graduation.

Is it worth your money to attend Adrian College? There are many ways to estimate the financial return on your education.

We use the 10-year average earnings (the 10 years start when you enroll, so if you attend a 4-year college, this would be approximately 6 years after you graduate) and the all in one year cost of attending the school. The all in cost is the sum of tuition, fees, and on-campus housing.

By comparing the two, you can get a sense if what the average graduate in early to mid career makes at least covers your cost of attending one year of school.

A higher number is better.

Adrian College around the same number of female and male undergrads.

This means that for every 100 women, there are 100 men. Or that for every 100 men, there are 100 women.

The most popular majors at Adrian College are:

1. Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
2. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
3. Biological and Biomedical Sciences
4. Education
5. Visual and Performing Arts

Student retention rate is an indicator of student satisfaction. Retention rate is the percentage of students who continue to study at the college the following year.

Higher retention rates mean students tend to stay at the college, while lower retention rates students are unsatisfied and leave.

Adrian College has a retention rate of 64% for full-time undergrads, which is neither high nor low.

Adrian College has around 44 students who transfer into the school each year. This is fairly low at approximately 3% of total undergraduates.

Higher transfer in rates mean that students see Adrian College as better than the college they were previously enrolled in. Higher rates also mean that there will be more new faces on campus.

Politically, Michigan tends to be About even. In the 2016 Presidential election, 47% of the state voted for the Democratic party, 47% voted for the Republican party, and 4% voted for neither.