Ripon offers a uniquely personal education that brings students and teachers together. Small classes and caring professors help students to become productive citizens and scholars. Its students are active thinkers—attacking problems at the source with their own creative solutions.  Ripon’s strong national academic reputation and its adherence to and constant focus on the relevance of a liberal arts education means that its graduates will feel prepared to take on the world.

 

Ripon College is a private, liberal arts school, founded in 1851.

 

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 life-long community of alumni.

Ripon, Wisconsin (about an hour and 15 minutes from Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay).

 

981 students (50% male, 50% female). 34 states represented. 11% minority (1% American Indian, 2% Asian, 2% Black, 4% Hispanic, 89% White), 3% international.

 

86% average freshman retention rate; 62% average graduation rate.

 

54 full-time faculty. 13:1 Student-Faculty ratio. Average class size: 20.

 

NCAA Division III, Midwest Athletic Conference. 18 varsity sports (9 men’s: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, track and field, soccer, swimming, and tennis; 9 women’s: basketball, cross-country, golf, track and field, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball), several club sports, and intramurals. More on Athletics...