Albertus Magnus College Once Again Makes Money’s Best Colleges in America List
Named a “Best for Your Investment” School
New Haven, Conn., May 26, 2022 – Albertus Magnus College has been named one of Money’s 2022 Best Colleges in America, ranked by value. This is the second time Albertus has achieved this national accolade under the leadership of President Marc M. Camille, Ed.D.
As announced on money.com/bestcolleges, Money looked at more than 2,400 four-year institutions of higher education and then ranked the top 623 schools on 24 factors across three categories: educational quality, affordability, and outcomes. Albertus stood out for its exceptionally high value-added graduation rates; it is one of only 11 schools in Connecticut to earn this national ranking.
“We are grateful for Money’s continued recognition of the value of an Albertus Magnus College education. We are committed to ensuring our graduates are workforce ready and we achieve this through a consistent pursuit of excellence,” said Andrea Kovacs, vice president for Enrollment Management and Marketing. “Albertus faculty and staff go above and beyond to provide an exceptional educational experience for every student. Earlier in the academic year, Albertus was also identified as a top national college by US News, and the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education. Since its founding in 1925, Albertus Magnus College has been dedicated to making a values and liberal arts-based education available to students who might not otherwise have access, and to successfully prepare graduates for a lifetime of career success and civic engagement.”
According to Money’s Executive Editor Mike Ayers, “This year’s Best College’s List is a new take on our long-standing commitment to helping families make a smart college choice.”
This announcement supports an earlier finding regarding the value of an Albertus degree. The Georgetown’s Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) recently revealed a new Return on Investment (ROI) study. Here, Albertus ranked in the top 15-percent of nearly 3,400 schools when weighting ROI to reflect key factors supporting Pell-eligible students – defined as those whose family income is $30,000 or less.
In the new report, CEW examined career earnings specifically for this group. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Pell-eligible students make up for than one third of all college students. Yet, this grouping have a lower ROI than other degree achievers. The analysis showed that over a 40-year timespan, and putting a spotlight on the number of low-income students served, Albertus edged out competing schools and ranked only behind Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity in Connecticut among private bachelor-degree granting institutions.
The Money ranking also underscores the value of an Albertus education as indicated earlier this year in the annual Destination Survey. Not only in the short term do 97-percent of Albertus bachelor’s degree recipients attain jobs or go on to further their education within six months of graduation, but the long-term success rate translates into a higher median salary and a deeply-rooted sense of community.
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.