Ripon
College
Situated on 250 beautiful acres and noted for its magnificent
historic buildings, Ripon College offers an intensely personal
undergraduate education. Indeed, according to the prestigious
Fiske Guide to Colleges, "Ripon students delight in their
small classes. Students and professors are regularly on a first
name basis and critiques of the academic advising range from
superb to just plain excellent. Students agree that the school's
smallness is its best quality." The close attention of
faculty members leads to impressive graduate results. Of the
162 small private colleges in the country with fewer than 10,000
alumni, Ripon ranks fourth in the number of students who earn
Ph.D.'s. Famous alumni include Hollywood icons Spencer Tracy
and Harrison Ford.
Programs
Curricular emphasis on "Communicating Plus", a special
program that aims to assist all students in the development
of superior written and oral communication, critical thinking
and problem solving skills. Preprofessional programs in: library
and information science, dentistry, journalism, law, medicine,
ministry, optometry, physical therapy and veterinary medicine;
Minors available in leadership studies and women's studies.
Co-operative
programs
Engineering, forestry, nursing and allied health sciences.
Key
facts
Campus features
-Fine
Arts Center includes a theater, recital hall, art gallery and
sculpture garden; physical education center, tennis courts,
various playing fields, Student Union, radio station, newly
renovated science center and food service facility
Library
-170,000
vols, 985 periodicals, 25,000 microforms, 62 AV materials, Lexis/Nexis
system, Proquest, on-line catalog
Computer
facilities
-One
port/pillow allows free internet access, 150 campus computers
in various locations
Extracurricular
-Drama/theater
group, chamber ensemble, choral group, jazz ensemble, orchestra,
intercollegiate (NCAA Div. III) and intramural athletics, student
run newspaper and literary magazine, radio station, 50 clubs
and social organizations
Dormitories
-Eight
residence halls with co-ed, men only and women only options.
Singles and suites available to upperclassmen
Public
transportation
-Taxi
Enrollment
-1,000
undergraduates
Co-educational
Community
-Population
of Ripon: 7,500
Climate
-Temperate
- 4 seasons. Winter snowfall
Location
-Location,
Ripon, Wisconsin
-Nearest cities: Milwaukee, Madison Wisconsin (1 hr), Chicago,
Illinois (3 hrs)
-Nearest International Airports: Milwaukee, Madison Wisconsin
(1 hr) / Chicago, Illinois (3 hrs)
Majors
Anthropology, Art, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry,
Chemistry-Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Educational
Studies, English, Environmental Studies, Exercise Science, Foreign
Languages, French, German, Global Studies, History, Latin American
Area Studies, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physical Science,
Physics, Politics and Government, Psychobiology, Psychology,
Religion, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Communication, Theater
Faculty
-74 faculty (64% full time; 90% with terminal degrees)
-15:1 student/faculty ratio
-Average class size: 15
