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
Founded in 1925, Albertus is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money, and The New York Times, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For ten consecutive years, at least 95% of Albertus graduates have attained employment or gone on to graduate studies within six months of completing their degrees. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and graduate program levels. Proud to enroll a student body where nearly half of its undergraduate students receive Federal Pell Grants and are first-generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, including BSN and Connecticut's first LPN-to-BSN; General Health Sciences; Interdisciplinary Studies; and Public Health.
Among its graduate offerings is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program, and it is just one of three schools to offer a Master of Science in Human Services. In 2025-26, Albertus is celebrating its historic 100th Anniversary and completing implementation of the Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, with a 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.