creating a new student center, increasing endowment, and expand the student population to 1,500. Academics Olivet offers 32 programs that lead to a bachelor's degree and a master's degree of Business Administration in Insurance. Its most popular undergraduate majors, in terms of 2021 graduates, were: Criminal Justice/Safety Studies (19) Psychology (18) Business Administration & Management (15) Insurance (14) Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (11) Exercise Science & Kinesiology (10) Student-to-faculty ratio is 16:1. Olivet College has approximately 1,040 students, 40% female and 60% male. 74% of classes have less than 24 students, and there is a 16:1 student/faculty ratio. The college has a 59% retention rate for first to second year students. For the 2018–2019 school year, tuition is currently $26,748, room and board is $9,590, yearly fees are $912, and miscellaneous costs are $3,966. Approximately 99% of students receive some sort of financial aid. Athletics Along with Albion College and Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), Olivet founded the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) in 1888. The MIAA is the nation's oldest collegiate conference. Olivet College athletic teams, nicknamed the Comets, participate in the following intercollegiate sports as a member of the MIAA include: Men baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball and wrestling. Volleyball became a full varsity sport in 2015–16 (2016 season), competing in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League. Women basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field (indoor and outdoor), volleyball, and cheerleading. Olivet College Radio Olivet College has an FCC-Licensed Non-Commercial Educational student-run radio station, broadcasting in the Olivet area at 89.1 MHz FM with the callsign WOCR. The broadcast is also available for people outside the studio range online at. Students can volunteer for a radio shift from 7:30am to midnight Monday through Friday to broadcast music, campus events, news, and talk shows. Comet Football and Basketball is also often broadcast live from the game site. Notable alumni Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1895), President of Twentieth Century Club of Detroit 1913, President Detroit Federation of Women’s Clubs 1914 John Henry Barrows (1867), fifth President of Oberlin College Hamilton King (1878), United States Minister to Siam (Thailand) from 1898 to 1912 Augusta Jane Chapin, 2010 inductee into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Adeola Fayehun (2007), Nigerian journalist Daron Cruickshank, current mixed martial artist competing in the UFC's Lightweight Division