Ripon College

Ripon College Ripon College prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive citizenship. or other terminal degree in their chosen field.
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Ripon College prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Our liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon College is a private undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college located in the historic town of Ripon, Wisconsin. Founded in 1

851, it has a long tradition of excellence in facilitating learning within its beautiful century-old buildings. The intentionally small residential campus enrolls some 1,000 young men and women from nearly every state and from countries around the world. All courses are taught by faculty members, 97 percent of whom have a Ph.D. Students benefit from intimate class sizes which average a faculty-to-student ratio of 14:1. 95 percent of students indicate they are satisfied or very satisfied with the amount of attention they receive from faculty, who also provide direct academic, career and club advising, and collaborate on serious research pursuits. Ninety-six percent of graduates are employed or in professional school six months after graduation, and the acceptance rate to medical school is 80 percent – twice the national average.

Long before television talk shows and YouTube cooking video, Jessie Marie DeBoth, Class of 1915, was a household name ac...
06/02/2026

Long before television talk shows and YouTube cooking video, Jessie Marie DeBoth, Class of 1915, was a household name across the United States and Canada as a cooking star and home economist. She majored in English and later moved to Chicago where her column "Jessie's Notebook" was published in the Daily Tribune and widely syndicated. The column led to a series of four-day instructional courses — The DeBoth Homemakers Schools. DeBoth shared lectures and demonstrations about nutrition, food prep, menu planning, budgeting, interior design and cleaning and laundry tips. Jessie's Notebook evolved to a radio program in the 1940s and a TV show in the 1950s.

Since 1985, Ripon College has been inviting alumni back to campus each summer to celebrate reunions and reconnect with o...
06/01/2026

Since 1985, Ripon College has been inviting alumni back to campus each summer to celebrate reunions and reconnect with old friends. June 25-28 marks the 41st annual Alumni Weekend. We can't wait to welcome you home, and we'll be celebrating all month long.

05/29/2026

As we wind down the month of May, we flashback one more time to celebrate our 2026 graduates!

Elaine Coll is heralded as the mother of modern-day women’s intercollegiate athletics at Ripon College. During her 20-ye...
05/28/2026

Elaine Coll is heralded as the mother of modern-day women’s intercollegiate athletics at Ripon College.

During her 20-year career at Ripon College, she organized and coached women’s volleyball, basketball and track and field teams until her retirement in 1993. Those teams won 10 conference championships and included two All-Americans and 60 All-Conference players. Coll is a member of the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame.

05/27/2026

See yourself at Ripon College this summer. Attend our Summer Open House, June 19. This isn’t just a visit, it’s your chance to get a real feel for what makes Ripon different. Register today: https://apply.ripon.edu/register/SOH2026

Bill Schang taught English at Ripon College for 41 years and filled the role of VP and dean of faculty from 2002-06.His ...
05/26/2026

Bill Schang taught English at Ripon College for 41 years and filled the role of VP and dean of faculty from 2002-06.

His teaching earned him numerous awards, including the May Bumby Severy Award for Excellence in Teaching (x4); Senior Class Award for Teaching (x4); and James Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The William Schang Liberal Arts Scholarship was established in his honor.

The College is closed today to honor those who have died in service to our country, including a number of our Ripon Coll...
05/25/2026

The College is closed today to honor those who have died in service to our country, including a number of our Ripon College alumni.

05/22/2026

We asked our students, "Which Ripon College faculty member would be most likely to ... ?"

Leone Oyster graduated from Ripon College in 1919 and returned to her alma mater to teach chemistry for 32 years.Accordi...
05/21/2026

Leone Oyster graduated from Ripon College in 1919 and returned to her alma mater to teach chemistry for 32 years.

According to Ripon historian George Miller, Oyster “was cheerful and upbeat, expressed herself well and had a great sense of humor. She was known to have especially enjoyed teaching freshmen. She usually found them ‘scared to death of science,’ but looked forward to taking the mystery out of organic chemistry by making a tough subject fun and presenting solid principles students could grasp.”

Miller added that Oyster was “quite an athletic woman.” She was active with tennis, swimming, skiing and ice skating much of her life. She was, however, “constantly falling and breaking bones” during activities like tobogganing on Merriman Hill. “If the sled went shooting off, in just a few days she’d be back on crutches teaching her class,” said Miller.

Oyster received Ripon’s Distinguished Alumni Citation in 1969, and the Medal of Merit posthumously in 1983. A memorial scholarship and prize in her name is given to a chemistry student each year.

05/21/2026

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300 W Seward Street
Ripon, WI
54971

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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