Albertus Magnus College Named to Money’s Best Colleges in America List
With the start of its historic 95th Anniversary Year, Albertus Magnus College is receiving praise in yet another national college ranking, this being named one of Money’s 2020 Best Colleges in America, ranked by value. This is the first time that Albertus has been named to the list under the leadership of Albertus President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D.
Albertus is among the top 40 percent of the 739 colleges that qualified for selection, as announced on money.com/bestcolleges. To be selected for inclusion in the 700 plus ranked institutions among the more than 3,500 four year colleges in the nation, factors such as Albertus’ enrollment size, graduation rate, percentage of low-income students, affordability, and academic quality all were assessed.
“Money’s recognition of the value of an Albertus Magnus College education is yet another tremendous accolade that comes as we celebrate 95 years of the College’s life- and dreams-elevating impact,” said President Camille. “Over the past year, in particular, Albertus has been recognized by improved national rankings such as those published by U.S. News and the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. Since its founding in 1925, Albertus Magnus College has been dedicated to making an excellent, values- and liberal arts-based education available to students who might not otherwise have access, and to successfully preparing graduates for a lifetime of career success and civic engagement.”
Following 2019’s largest ever incoming class, the recently arrived 200 first-year and transfer students enrolling this fall represent the second largest class in the College’s history and were selected from an all-time record total of more than 1,750 applicants, an increase of 15-percent over the previous year’s then record total.
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.