Albertus Magnus College

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Albertus Magnus College is a small liberal arts college in New Haven, Connecticut. It is located about two miles from the central campus of Yale University in a residential area near the border with Hamden. The area, on Prospect Street just above Edgerton Park, has a number of large, 19th century mansions, of which several are owned by the college and used as classroom or administrative buildings.

Albertus was founded by a Dominican congregation in 1925 and is still associated with that order, though the college's board of trustees was expanded in 1969 so that 80% of the trustees are lay people. The school was founded as a women's college but became coeducational in 1985.

Although Albertus is a private college, it is a primarily state-serving institution, with 85% of the 1,695 undergraduates hailing from Connecticut. Reflecting its former status as a women's college, over 2/3 of students are female.

In the highly influential U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges guide for 2006, Albertus ranked 31 out of the 34 colleges in the Northern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor's category. It was deemed a "Less Selective" college, with 83% of applicants admitted.

One notable alumna of Albertus is Margaret Heckler, an American politician who served variously as a U.S. Representative, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland.