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Adrian College

Adrian, Michigan Private nonprofit 4-year Town

Overview

Located in Adrian, Michigan, Adrian College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a town setting. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,765, made up of 1,673 undergraduates and 92 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is United Methodist.

Adrian College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 105 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Exercise Science and Kinesiology, and Sport and Fitness Administration/Management. It awarded 425 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

65% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1.

Key figures

1,765
Students enrolled
65%
First-year retention
425
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
105
Programs and majors
16:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 105

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 17
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Visual and Performing Arts 12
Education 17
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 3
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 4
Health Professions 6
Computer and Information Sciences 6
Communication and Journalism 8
Psychology 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 1
Physical Sciences 5
Communications Technologies 1
English Language and Literature 2
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
Social Sciences 2
Mathematics and Statistics 3
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
Engineering 2
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
History 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
65%
Student-to-faculty ratio
16:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
325
Associate degrees
14
Master's degrees
63
Certificates under 1 year
23

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,765
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,673
Graduate students, fall 2024
92
Full-time, fall 2024
94%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,894
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,793
Graduate students, 2024-25
101
Full-time, 2024-25
92%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
44%
Men
56%
White
61%
Hispanic or Latino
6%
Black or African American
6%
Two or more races
5%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%
Race or ethnicity unknown
15%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Programs with a fully online option
22
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
65%

Campus and services

Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
United Methodist
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
President
Jeffrey R. Docking
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Dedicated veterans contact

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