Albertus Magnus College Once Again Named Top 10 Military Friendly School
College Has Earned Honor Four Times
Albertus Veterans Advisor
Timothy Kessell, LT, USCG (ret.)
– Albertus Magnus College is designated a Top 10 Military Friendly® School. This is the fourth time Albertus has achieved Top 10 status and the sixth time to make the overall list. This honor celebrates Albertus’ dedication to the military community and serves as a testament to the programs it has created for Veterans. More than 1800 schools participated in the 2022-2023 survey with 665 earning the designation.
Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey response and government/agency public data sources, within a logic-based scoring assessment. Areas measured include the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, degree advancement or transfer, and loan default rates for all students – specifically student Veterans.
“The Top 10 Military Friendly recognition supports Albertus’ commitment to meeting the education needs of those who serve in the US Armed Forces,” said Albertus President Dr. Marc M. Camille. “Our boutique approach to learning is laser focused on student success. We want to see you grow and develop into your best self; into a self that maybe when you started with us, you didn’t even imagine was in you. That’s one of the beautiful things about Albertus.”
“Being named a Top Military Friendly institution is yet another way Albertus differentiates itself when it comes to serving our Veterans. In 2019, we were recognized as Connecticut’s first Purple Heart College by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, an organization that provides services and support for combat Veterans. These consistent honors combined with the success-oriented courses and programs, help Veterans transition their military skills to a new career,” said Albertus Veterans Advisor Timothy Kessell, LT, USCG (ret.), who has 20-years of military leadership in both operational and training sectors and augments Albertus’ mission in shaping future servant-leaders.
The Military Friendly School recognition is the latest in a series of national acknowledgements that Albertus has earned this academic year. Other distinctions include the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education and US News & World Report’s 2022 college rankings.
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.