Ripon College - Ripon, WI - Colleges of Distinction

Mission

Ripon College provides a nationally recognized, residential, student-centered liberal arts and sciences education leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Ripon’s dedicated faculty and staff provide students with individually tailored learning, personalized support, strong graduate and professional preparation and a lifelong community of alumni.

Location

Ripon, Wisconsin — 1.5 hours from Madison and Milwaukee and three hours from Chicago.

Student Profile

1,000 students (50% male, 50% female); 36 states and territories represented; 9% minority, 2% international.

Faculty Profile

74 full and part-time faculty. 14:1 student/faculty ratio. Average class size is 20.

Residence Life

Highly residential: 90% of students live on campus.

Athletics

NCAA Division III, Midwest Conference. 18 varsity sports (9 men’s: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track; 9 women’s: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball) 1 club sport and 9 intramurals.

Activity/Club/Organization Types

Academic honors, activism, music (choral, instrumental), film/photography/visual arts, Greek life (national), health and fitness, hobbies, media (newspaper, radio, journal, yearbook, TV), military/ROTC, minority/ethnic, outdoors/environmental, performance (theater/dance), professional interest/academic subject, politics, religious/spiritual, service, support groups, student events/campus programming, student government, women’s/gender studies.

Costs and Aid

2006-2007: $28,497 comprehensive ($22,162 tuition); Over 90% of students receive some financial aid. Average Award: $24,151.

Financial Information

Alumni giving rate 37%; Endowment: $50 million.

More Distinctions

Ÿ Peterson's Top Colleges for Science lists Ripon as one of the top 200 math and science programs in the country.

Ÿ According to the National Research Council's report, "Baccalaureate Origins of Doctorate Recipients," Ripon College ranks sixth among 92 small private liberal arts colleges in total number of graduates who received their Ph.D. in the sciences between 1920 and 1990.

· Ripon College is listed in the Fiske Guide to Colleges, The Princeton Review’s The Best Colleges and The Best Midwestern Colleges:150 Great Schools to Consider, Kaplan’s The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges and many other college guide publications.

· Ripon’s forensics program has been ranked in the top 20 in the country in Division I and the college hosts the national Hall of Fame of Pi Kappa Delta, the national college-level forensics honor society which was founded by a Ripon professor 80 years ago.

· Ripon is among the 11% of colleges and universities in the country to host a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society.

· In the 2002 National Survey on Student Engagement, a benchmark report involving 613 colleges and 135,000 students, Ripon students outpaced national averages in every category: level of academic challenge, collaborative learning, student-faculty interactions, supportive campus environment and enriching educational experiences.