About Alma College

Alma College is a private forward looking arts bookish in Alma, Michigan. It enrolls nearly 1,400 students and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It is affiliated taking into account the Presbyterian Church (USA) and five degrees (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing) in 41 majors.

Alma is the largest city in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 9,383 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated as the Village of Alma in 1872 and became a city in 1905.

Alma hosts the annual Highland Festival on Memorial Day weekend. It brings members of Scottish clans and excited onlookers together for a weekend of Highland dancing, bagpipes, kilts, and camaraderie.

Alma College, a small liberal-arts institution of nearly 1,300 students, is located in town and focuses upon multidisciplinary learning in a residential setting.

Alma is the birthplace of both the modernist architect Ralph Rapson and writer/composer/lyricist Dan Goggin (Nunsense).

Alma was the house of Leonard Refineries which sold gasoline and supplementary petroleum products throughout the belittle peninsula of Michigan from its founding in 1936 until very nearly 1966.[citation needed]