Kalamazoo College
Private College in Kalamazoo, MI. Six-year graduation rate 76%. Median 10-year earnings $65,590.
Ten-year median earnings of $65,590 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. The six-year graduation rate of 76% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Graduates carry a median of $26,077 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Graduation rate 76% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
75% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 3,553 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Only 12% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 33% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 590–700 | 103 (33%) |
| SAT Math | 580–680 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–29 | 33 (11%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Kalamazoo College →Academics
A 76% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. Retention is strong at 85%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. At 10:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 1,196, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,175 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $26,956 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $12,019 at the $0–30k band to $28,672 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $46,448. Federal borrowing reaches 46% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 369 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $12,019 |
| $30–48k | $11,804 |
| $48–75k | $15,337 |
| $75–110k | $24,412 |
| $110k+ | $28,672 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 538 of these 1,175 students, totalling $3,325,535 — an average of $6,181 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Kalamazoo County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)