State University, Michigan Technological University, Wayne State University, Hillsdale College, Calvin University, and Hope College, Kalamazoo College is one of the seven college-sponsors of the National Merit Scholarship Program in the state. The college sponsored 2 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020. In the 2020–2021 academic year, 2 first-year students were National Merit Scholars.
=== Academic distinctions ===
Kalamazoo offers 30 majors spread across the fields of Fine Arts, Humanities, Modern and Classical Languages and Literature, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. Additionally, the college offers 22 minors, 5 special programs, and 13 concentrations. It is listed in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives. Its most popular majors, in terms of 2021 graduates, were:
Biology/Biological Sciences (70)
Business/Commerce (55)
Chemistry (44)
Psychology (36)
Social Sciences (27)
English Language & Literature (24)
A 2017 study by Higher Education Data Sharing lists Kalamazoo College in the top …
