History and Location

• Mission: to prepare graduates to better understand, live successfully within, and provide enlightened leadership to a richly diverse and increasingly complex world
• Founded in 1833, among the 100 oldest institutions in the country
• Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a mid-sized city just 35 miles from Lake Michigan and approximately 140 miles from both Detroit and Chicago
• Member of Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the oldest collegiate athletics conference in the country

Academic Experience

• Nationally known for the K-Plan:
  • Depth and Breadth in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Learning Through Experience
  • International Engagement
  • Senior Integrated Project
• Strong focus on Experiential Education:
  • More than $170,000+ in stipends was awarded to K students for participation in internships for summer 2023
  • The majority of graduates participate in a meaningful, immersive international and intercultural experience — often characterized by homestays and an Integrative Cultural Research Project — in 56 programs in 29 countries on six continents
  • The majority of graduates participate in community-based courses and student-led co-curricular programs through community engagement and service-learning projects
  • All students engage in a Senior Integrated Project, an in-depth research or creative project in the senior year
• Students can choose from 32 majors, 22 minors and 13 concentrations
• Kalamazoo College has the second highest four- and six-year graduation rates in the State of Michigan as of 2021, based on publicly available data released by The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

Student Demographics

• 1,335 students from 38 states and 35 countries
• 64 percent of students live on campus
• 30 percent of our student body are domestic students of color
• 22 percent of students are the first in their families to attend college
• 27 percent of students receive Pell Grants
• Class of 2028 average SAT of 1273
  • Kalamazoo College has been a test-optional school since 2015
• See the current racial, gender and first-generation demographics

Faculty Information

• 10-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio
• 96 percent of full-time faculty hold Ph.D. or terminal degree

Tuition and Endowment

• 98 percent of students receive need-based and/or merit-based financial aid
• Annual tuition, fees, room and board for 2024-25: $73,599
  • Use our net price calculator for a rough estimate of what a Kalamazoo College education might cost you
• Endowment $304,294,690 as of June 30, 2024

College Recognition

• K is one of the Colleges That Change Lives. The book by Loren Pope, higher education expert and former New York Times education editor, describes a group of 44 dynamic colleges that excel at developing potential, values and initiative, and provide the foundation for success beyond college.
• K was included in the 2025 Fiske Guide to Colleges.
• Kalamazoo College ranks in the top two percent among all U.S. colleges and universities surveyed for the percentage of students ultimately earning a doctorate, according to the National Science Foundation.
• Kalamazoo College has been a top producer for the Fulbright U.S. Student Scholar Program since 2020.
• In 2024, Money magazine rated K with 4 out of 5 stars based on quality, affordability and student outcomes
• The Princeton Review includes K in their lists of The Best 390 Colleges, Best Value Colleges and Best Midwest.
• The 2023-24 MIAA Academic Honor Roll recognized 189 Kalamazoo College student-athletes and 13 teams.