College of the Week: Kalamazoo College

The hilltop campus of Kalamazoo College is located in southwest Michigan, about 140 miles from both Detroit and Chicago. Students at Kalamazoo College can study in more than 25 undergraduate liberal arts fields and often learn through immersive, career-related programs. Through the Discovery Externship Program, freshmen and sophomores spend about two weeks living and working with alumni who work in the students' areas of study.

The student-faculty ratio at Kalamazoo College is 11:1, and the school has 70.1% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Kalamazoo College include: Social Sciences; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Physical Sciences; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Psychology; Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics; English Language and Literature/Letters; Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services; Visual and Performing Arts; and Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 87%. (https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/kalamazoo-college-2275)

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