Albertus Magnus College Again Earns US News & World Report Rankings
Top Performer on Social Mobility for Five Consecutive Years
New Haven, Conn., September 24, 2024 – Albertus Magnus College is once again recognized by US News & World Report in its 2024-2025 “Best Colleges” rankings. As New England’s most diverse Catholic college and its only Catholic college to achieve federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), Albertus received accolades in the Social Mobility category — raising its ranking to the top 30%.
As a Top Performer in Social Mobility, Albertus was recognized among Regional Universities North for its success in graduating low-income students who receive Federal Pell Grants, the fifth consecutive year the College has been lauded by US News for its upward socio economic mobility efforts.
“For ninety-nine years, Albertus Magnus College has built a legacy of transforming lives through education excellence and equity,” states Albertus President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D. “A century ago, Albertus was founded by Dominican Sisters as New England’s first residential Catholic liberal arts college for women, and today we proudly are New England’s most diverse Catholic college, coeducational and still committed to principles of academic excellence and inclusion, delivering programs rooted in the liberal arts tradition but focused on building essential 21st Century skills and competencies for our graduates’ career success and positive impact in the communities in which they serve.”
The US News recognition for Albertus comes on the heels of strong showings in other recent national rankings. Earlier this year, the College achieved Gold Status as a Top Military Friendly School and was named one of Money’s Best colleges in America for affordability and student outcomes.
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.