About Our Students
Albion College has a tradition of producing quality graduates trained in the liberal arts tradition in a setting which supports and encourages the practical aspects of professional preparation. The liberal arts curriculum, along with the many experiential learning opportunities available here (including internships, externships, off-campus programs, and professional concentration programs) provides Albion students with an exceptional education. It emphasizes the development of their critical thinking abilities, problem-solving, communication and leadership skills. Perhaps most important in today's world, Albion College graduates are well-trained in the process of learning.
Placement of Albion College Graduates
Typically, about two-thirds of each graduating class pursue a career right after college with top companies, as well as in government/public service, communications, the arts, teaching, and many other fields. Recent graduates are employed with these and many other organizations:
- Bank One
- Comerica Bank
- Deloitte & Touche
- EDS
- General Electric
- General Motors
- IBM
- NBC
- Peace Corps
- Pfizer
- State Farm Insurance
- Teach for America
- UBS PaineWebber
- Valassis
About, one-third of Albion graduates head directly to graduate or professional schools and about 60 percent do so within 10 years of earning their bachelor's degree. In the past five years, our students have gained admission to graduate programs at these and other universities:
- Berkley
- Columbia
- Duke
- George Washington
- Harvard
- Michigan State
- Penn State
- Princeton
- Purdue
- Notre Dame
- Northwestern
- Stanford.