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Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, MI · Private nonprofit

Academics

Majors and faculty

The most popular major is Business/Commerce, General (17% of graduates). 10 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 76% of colleges. 85% of faculty are full-time. Spends $20,681 a year on instruction per student.

Most popular majors

340 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates

The top 5 programs account for 59% of graduates; 27 programs in 14 fields awarded at least one.

  1. Business/Commerce, General 52.010117% 59
    Graduates in this field earn $75,260 4 years out
  2. Biology/Biological Sciences, General 26.010117% 58
    Graduates in this field earn $52,863 4 years out
  3. Psychology, General 42.01019.4% 32
    Graduates in this field earn $54,747 4 years out
  4. Biochemistry 26.02028.2% 28
  5. English Language and Literature, General 23.01016.8% 23
    Graduates in this field earn $49,150 4 years out

Fastest-growing field: Biology, 15% → 25% of graduates since 2014–15 (86 graduates in 2024–25).

Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.

Top-earning majors here

By earnings 4 years after completion

  1. Computer and Information Sciences, General$117,826 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $72,008

    4 years after completion$117,826
    National median: $92,374Above typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 51 graduates, two most recent years combined

  2. Business/Commerce, General$75,260 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $47,481

    4 years after completion$75,260
    National median: $68,407Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: Too few graduates to report · Non-Pell: $67,249(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $26,000 · 79 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Economics$72,170 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $42,508

    4 years after completion$72,170
    National median: $82,686Below typical

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 36 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Chemistry$63,824 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $39,940

    4 years after completion$63,824
    National median: $65,120About typical

    Median federal debt: $27,000 · 52 graduates, two most recent years combined

  5. Social Sciences, Other$59,193 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $28,442

    4 years after completion$59,193
    National median: $56,812Above typical

    4 years out, Pell: $41,077 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)

    Median federal debt: $24,821 · 37 graduates, two most recent years combined

Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.

Students per faculty member vs. every college10 to 1
10 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 76% of 1,892More students per faculty →

The college also reports 11 to 1 in its Common Data Set (1,197 students, 112 faculty).

Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.

Class sizes

71%

of classes have fewer than 20 students; 0% have 50 or more

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–94017%
10–1912854%
20–295624%
30–3983%
40–4921%
50–9910%
100+00%

This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.

Programs & curriculum

  • Accelerated program
  • Cross-registration
  • Double major
  • Dual enrollment
  • English as a Second Language
  • Domestic exchange program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Student-designed major
  • Study abroad
  • Undergraduate research

Requires coursework in English composition, a foreign language, and physical education.

Full-time faculty85%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$80,243

9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.

Spending and endowment

Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.

Instruction spending per student$20,681
$20,681
← Lessmore than 87% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$221,789
$221,789
← Lessmore than 89% of 1,065More →

Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Kalamazoo College Common Data Set 2022–23, Fall 2022;Kalamazoo College Common Data Set 2022–23, 2022–23;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)