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Undergraduate Programs
We offer more than 80 areas of study. How you make them yours is up to you. Pursue what you’re meant to do.
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Graduate Programs
Stretch your potential further. Earn a Master of Exercise Science in our 4+1 direct-entry program.
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Student Life
Community is everything. Yours can be anything you want it to be — intramurals, honor societies and more.
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Athletics
Our Red Hawks compete on 18 NCAA Division III teams. But they see themselves as more than just athletes.
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Cormac Madigan ’23
Chemistry-Biology major has made a name for himself on the football and baseball fields, and now he’s ready to make his contribution to the medical field.
FOREVER RIPON CAMPAIGN
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News & Events
Sophomore/Junior Preview Day
The Office of Admission will be hosting our annual Sophomore/Junior Preview Day on Saturday, May 10th.
Alumni Weekend
Save the date for the next Alumni Weekend – June 19-22, 2025, 2025! Watch for weekend details to be shared as we get closer to the event.
Summer Orientation: Session #1
Register for this event For more information, visit apply.ripon.edu.
Kiana Fall ’23 publishes first author paper in BIOS journal
Kiana Fall ’23 was published as the primary contributor in the peer-reviewed academic journal BIOS for her research on female rats conducted during her senior seminar at Ripon College. “My research was influenced by existing literature that linked the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which fluctuate significantly throughout the female menstrual cycle, to heightened anxiety levels […]
Derrick and Roltgen present senior art exhibit ‘Adipose Playground,’ reception May 2
Senior studio art majors Johnathan Derrick and Ruth Roltgen are hosting an art show titled “Adipose Playground” in Ripon College’s Caestecker Gallery of Art in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, with an opening reception tonight, May 2 at 7 p.m. The art exhibit will run until May 16 and will be accessible during […]
Rafael Francisco Salas’ artwork to be featured at Portrait Society Gallery with reception May 23
Ripon College’s Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas will open a two-person exhibition, “Everyday Heaven,” at the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from May 23 to July 12. An opening night reception will be held May 23 from 5-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Everyday Heaven” is […]
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